Who owns Paychex?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 85.8% of Paychex's shares, through 1,578 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were Capital International Investors (8.1%), BlackRock, Inc. (7.8%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (5.9%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 85.8%
- Institutional holders
- 1,578
- The 10 largest hold
- 44.2%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 89.8%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital International Investors | 28,840,445 | 8.07% | 2.84B USD | -1,108,241 |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 27,753,178 | 7.76% | 2.73B USD | -661,274 |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 21,040,690 | 5.88% | 2.07B USD | +75,420 |
| 4 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 15,277,715 | 4.27% | 1.50B USD | +28,155 |
| 5 | State Street Corp | 14,411,341 | 4.02% | 1.42B USD | +361,713 |
| 6 | Invesco Ltd. | 13,040,655 | 3.65% | 1.28B USD | +5,506,761 |
| 7 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 10,402,177 | 2.91% | 1.02B USD | +1,026,924 |
| 8 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 10,402,177 | 2.91% | 1.02B USD | New position |
| 9 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,250,030 | 2.87% | 1.01B USD | -20,498 |
| 10 | Morgan Stanley | 6,540,823 | 1.83% | 643.16M USD | +1,242,795 |
| 11 | Federated Hermes, Inc. | 5,881,768 | 1.64% | 578.35M USD | -3,808 |
| 12 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 4,619,471 | 1.29% | 454.23M USD | +660,155 |
| 13 | Bank Of America Corp | 4,414,326 | 1.23% | 434.06M USD | +90,436 |
| 14 | Northern Trust Corp | 4,006,462 | 1.12% | 393.96M USD | +9,665 |
| 15 | Wells Fargo & Company | 3,852,234 | 1.08% | 378.79M USD | -387,014 |
| 16 | First Trust Advisors LP | 3,366,093 | 0.94% | 330.99M USD | +1,022,037 |
| 17 | UBS Group AG | 3,303,592 | 0.92% | 324.84M USD | -228,797 |
| 18 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,838,927 | 0.79% | 283.35M USD | +96,048 |
| 19 | Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 2,764,004 | 0.77% | 271.78M USD | -10,469 |
| 20 | Victory Capital Management Inc | 2,741,215 | 0.77% | 269.54M USD | +1,341,349 |
| 21 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,706,479 | 0.76% | 266.16M USD | -116,090 |
| 22 | UBS AM | 2,669,450 | 0.75% | 262.49M USD | -29,943 |
| 23 | Millennium Management LLC | 2,329,624 | 0.65% | 229.07M USD | +1,194,645 |
| 24 | Select Equity Group, L.P. | 2,320,215 | 0.65% | 228.15M USD | -1,349,858 |
| 25 | Norges Bank | 2,131,253 | 0.60% | 209.57M USD | New position |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 952 · 158 new
- Sold or cut
- 685 · 137 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +16.50M · 1.62B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 80.8% → 85.8%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Invesco Ltd.+5,506,761
- Norges BankNew position
- Victory Capital Management Inc+1,341,349
- Morgan Stanley+1,242,795
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Ameriprise Financial Inc-1,623,732
- Select Equity Group, L.P.-1,349,858
- Capital International Investors-1,108,241
- BlackRock, Inc.-661,274
- California Public Employees Retirement System-465,855
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Paychex's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
