PAYX

Paychex Inc

Company with tickers: PAYX

CIK

723531

CUSIP

704326107

Shares Outstanding

358,290,881

13F Activity (30d)

80 filings 29 filers

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score

66/100

Short interest 5.6% of shares — P77 Days to cover 6.7 — P82 Short-volume trend -3.9% — P37

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-05-29	20,011,633	20,483,868	-472,235	3,003,319	6.66
2026-05-15	20,483,868	19,139,141	+1,344,727	3,213,395	6.37
2026-04-30	19,139,141	20,371,444	-1,232,303	3,177,398	6.02
2026-04-15	20,371,444	20,671,661	-300,217	3,647,995	5.58
2026-03-31	20,671,661	20,878,884	-207,223	4,988,469	4.14
2026-03-13	20,878,884	19,945,763	+933,121	3,652,969	5.72
2026-02-27	19,945,763	20,110,416	-164,653	4,085,051	4.88
2026-02-13	20,110,416	17,313,086	+2,797,330	4,622,501	4.35
2026-01-30	17,313,086	17,170,617	+142,469	3,758,792	4.61
2026-01-15	17,170,617	17,521,215	-350,598	2,645,319	6.49
2025-12-31	17,521,215	14,709,075	+2,812,140	3,712,043	4.72
2025-12-15	14,709,075	15,604,639	-895,564	3,620,877	4.06
2025-11-28	15,604,639	15,384,092	+220,547	2,768,733	5.64
2025-11-14	15,384,092	14,750,984	+633,108	3,110,979	4.95
2025-10-31	14,750,984	12,809,383	+1,941,601	2,820,159	5.23
2025-10-15	12,809,383	12,593,071	+216,312	2,705,256	4.73
2025-09-30	12,593,071	13,161,668	-568,597	4,346,068	2.90
2025-09-15	13,161,668	12,663,543	+498,125	1,789,944	7.35
2025-08-29	12,663,543	11,573,827	+1,089,716	2,015,222	6.28
2025-08-15	11,573,827	11,480,406	+93,421	2,365,206	4.89
2025-07-31	11,480,406	11,609,973	-129,567	1,793,456	6.40
2025-07-15	11,609,973	12,864,589	-1,254,616	2,709,699	4.28
2025-06-30	12,864,589	12,350,032	+514,557	3,694,261	3.48

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