Paychex Inc. (PAYX): Today's Featured Diversified Services Winner

Paychex (PAYX) pushed the Diversified Services industry higher today making it today's featured diversified services winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Paychex rose 46 cents (1.4%) to $32.49 on average volume. Throughout the day, three million shares of Paychex exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $31.86-$32.64 after having opened the day at $32.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $32.02. Other companies within the Diversified Services industry that increased today were: Digital Generation (DGIT), up 22.8%, Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), up 17.1%, American Reprographics Company (ARP), up 16.9%, and Oxygen Biotherapeutics (OXBT), up 16.7%.

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Paychex, Inc. provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small to medium sized businesses. Paychex has a market cap of $11.55 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.1, equal to the average diversified services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Paychex a buy, four analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Paychex as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, growth in earnings per share, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, Lime Energy (LIME), down 44.8%, New Oriental Education & Technology Group I (EDU), down 34.3%, Fortune Industries (FFI), down 11.8%, and TAL Education Group (XRS), down 9%, were all losers within the diversified services industry with AthenaHealth (ATHN) being today's diversified services industry loser.

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