Paychex, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US7043261079

SecurityPAYX / Paychex, Inc.
InstitutionSquarepoint Ops LLC
Latest Disclosed Ownership49,172 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 4,529,725
Squarepoint Ops LLC ownership in PAYX / Paychex, Inc.

On May 15, 2026 - Squarepoint Ops LLC filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 49,172 shares of Paychex, Inc. (US:PAYX) valued at $4,529,725 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 13, 2026 disclosing 213,292 shares of Paychex, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of -76.95% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $4,840,983 USD.

Squarepoint Ops LLC has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (PAYX) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 101,000 of underlying shares valued at $9,304,120 USD and put options representing 47,500 of underlying shares valued at $4,375,700 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

PAYX / Paychex, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 49,172 -164,120 -76.95 4,530 -81.07 0.0053
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 213,292 73,097 52.14 23,927 34.64 0.0255
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 140,195 131,574 1,526.20 17,771 1,317.15 0.0179
2025-08-27 2025-06-30 13F/A-1 PAYCHEX COM 704326107 8,621 15 0.17 1,254 -5.50 0.0013
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 8,621 15 1,254 0.0013
2025-08-27 2025-03-31 13F/A-1 PAYCHEX COM 704326107 8,606 -501 -5.50 1,328 4.00 0.0016
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 8,606 -501 1,328 0.0016
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 9,107 -18,036 -66.45 1,277 -64.96 0.0013
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 27,143 -164,439 -85.83 3,642 -83.97 0.0057
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 191,582 -120,819 -38.67 22,714 -40.79 0.0375
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 312,401 -326,049 -51.07 38,363 -49.55 0.0660
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 638,450 -253,319 -28.41 76,046 -26.06 0.1439
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 891,769 200,932 29.09 102,848 33.08 0.2541
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 690,837 -317,963 -31.52 77,284 -33.15 0.2367
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 1,008,800 141,297 16.29 115,598 15.31 0.4711
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 867,503 31,794 3.80 100,249 6.90 0.3962
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 835,709 97,707 13.24 93,775 11.59 0.4733
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 738,002 354,495 92.44 84,036 60.57 0.4674
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 383,507 344,380 880.16 52,337 879.91 0.2239
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 39,127 -345,583 -89.83 5,341 -87.65 0.0141
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 384,710 177,557 85.71 43,261 94.62 0.1243
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 207,153 131,864 175.14 22,228 201.19 0.0845
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 75,289 9,217 13.95 7,380 19.86 0.0433
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 66,072 -175,671 -72.67 6,157 -68.07 0.0459
2020-11-16 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 241,743 -13,470 -5.28 19,284 -0.25 0.2599
2020-08-14 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 255,213 34,808 15.79 19,332 39.40 0.3127
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 220,405 -44,344 -16.75 13,868 -38.42 0.3548
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 264,749 141,658 115.08 22,520 121.04 0.1340
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 123,091 -6,952 -5.35 10,188 -4.79 0.0910
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 130,043 130,043 10,701 0.1043
2019-05-15 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -124,458 -100.00 0 -100.00
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 124,458 124,458 8,108 0.0944
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -93,600 -100.00 0 -100.00
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 93,600 -3,825 -3.93 6,398 6.63 0.0848
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 97,425 97,425 6,000 0.0953
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -139,279 -100.00 0 -100.00
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 139,279 -62,904 -31.11 8,351 -27.46 0.1607
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 202,183 171,137 551.24 11,512 529.41 0.2265
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 31,046 692 2.28 1,829 -1.03 0.0504
2017-02-14 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 30,354 14,193 87.82 1,848 97.65 0.0756
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 16,161 16,161 0.00 935 0.0621
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -36,992 -100.00 0 -100.00
2016-05-16 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 36,992 36,992 0.00 1,998 0.1549
2015-11-16 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -10,187 -100.00 0 -100.00
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 10,187 10,187 0.00 478 0.1551
2015-05-15 2015-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -11,522 -100.00 0 -100.00
2015-05-15 2014-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 11,522 11,522 532 0.5149
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 101,000 157.65 9,304 111.60 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 39,200 790.91 4,397 689.41 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 4,400 46.67 558 27.75 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-06-30 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Call 3,000 -97.19 436 -97.35 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 3,000 436 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-03-31 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Call 106,700 0.95 16,462 11.07 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 106,700 16,462 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 105,700 47.01 14,821 53.62 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 71,900 40.98 9,648 59.58 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 51,000 -62.39 6,047 -63.69 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 135,600 16,652 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 32,000 3,691 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 4,200 23.53 412 29.97 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 3,400 317 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2026-05-15 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 47,500 465.48 4,376 364.44 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 8,400 95.35 942 72.84 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 4,300 -61.95 545 -66.83 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-06-30 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Put 11,300 91.53 1,644 80.55 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 11,300 1,644 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-27 2025-03-31 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Put 5,900 -64.88 910 -61.36 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-15 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 5,900 910 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 16,800 2,356 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-14 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-14 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 12,300 5.13 1,380 3.60 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-15 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 11,700 0.00 1,332 -16.59 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 11,700 -93.37 1,597 -93.37 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 176,500 -0.17 24,092 21.18 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 176,800 143.86 19,881 155.57 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 72,500 -4.73 7,779 4.29 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 76,100 2,138.24 7,459 2,253.00 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-16 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 3,400 317 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.