Paychex, Inc.
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US7043261079

SecurityPAYX / Paychex, Inc.
InstitutionJane Street Group, Llc
Latest Disclosed Ownership10,993 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 1,012,675
Jane Street Group, Llc ownership in PAYX / Paychex, Inc.

On May 12, 2026 - Jane Street Group, Llc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 10,993 shares of Paychex, Inc. (US:PAYX) valued at $1,012,675 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 12, 2026 disclosing 7,185 shares of Paychex, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 53.00% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $1,105,126 USD.

Jane Street Group, 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 281,100 of underlying shares valued at $25,894,932 USD and put options representing 80,100 of underlying shares valued at $7,378,812 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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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)
2026-05-12 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 10,993 3,808 53.00 1,013 25.56 0.0001
2026-02-12 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 7,185 -217,663 -96.80 806 -97.17 0.0001
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 224,848 224,848 28,502 0.0043
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -62,546 -100.00 0 -100.00
2025-05-19 2025-03-31 13F/A-1 PAYCHEX COM 704326107 62,546 62,546 9,650 0.0024
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 62,546 62,546 9,650 0.0020
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -71,057 -100.00 0 -100.00
2024-11-15 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 71,057 -65,378 -47.92 9,535 -41.05 0.0021
2024-08-15 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 136,435 49,761 57.41 16,176 51.98 0.0037
2024-05-16 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 86,674 335 0.39 10,644 3.50 0.0022
2024-02-15 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 86,339 19,467 29.11 10,284 33.34 0.0027
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 66,872 -63,202 -48.59 7,712 -47.00 0.0025
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 130,074 -11,128 -7.88 14,551 -10.07 0.0049
2023-05-16 2023-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 141,202 51,668 57.71 16,180 56.39 0.0066
2023-02-15 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 89,534 -20,246 -18.44 10,347 -16.02 0.0048
2022-11-15 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 109,780 81,769 291.92 12,319 286.18 0.0054
2022-08-16 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 28,011 -35,990 -56.23 3,190 -63.48 0.0014
2022-05-17 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 64,001 24,834 63.41 8,734 63.37 0.0028
2022-02-15 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 39,167 -36,597 -48.30 5,346 -37.25 0.0018
2021-11-16 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 75,764 54,387 254.42 8,520 271.40 0.0030
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 21,377 6,439 43.10 2,294 56.69 0.0009
2021-05-18 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 14,938 7,871 111.38 1,464 122.15 0.0007
2021-02-17 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 7,067 -30,596 -81.24 659 -78.06 0.0003
2021-02-17 2020-12-31 13F ITAMAR MED SPONSORED ADS 465437101 46,420 8,757 926 0.0005
2020-11-17 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 37,663 14,491 62.54 3,004 71.17 0.0018
2020-08-17 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 23,172 -12,253 -34.59 1,755 -21.27 0.0013
2020-08-17 2020-06-30 13F ITAMAR MED SPONSORED ADS 465437101 18,278 -17,147 352 0.0003
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 35,425 30,704 650.37 2,229 454.48 0.0022
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 4,721 4,721 402 0.0006
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -5,528 -100.00 0 -100.00
2019-08-15 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 5,528 -51,943 -90.38 455 -90.13 0.0008
2019-05-16 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 57,471 49,966 665.77 4,609 842.54 0.0075
2019-05-16 2019-03-31 13F ITAMAR MED SPONSORED ADS 465437101 10,000 2,495 116 0.0002
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 7,505 7,505 489 0.0010
2018-08-15 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -14,023 -100.00 0 -100.00
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 14,023 -45,084 -76.28 864 -78.53 0.0022
2018-02-15 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 59,107 -70,978 -54.56 4,024 -48.41 0.0116
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 130,085 122,412 1,595.36 7,800 1,684.90 0.0252
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 7,673 1,612 26.60 437 22.41 0.0015
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 6,061 2,045 50.92 357 46.31 0.0016
2017-02-15 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 4,016 -13,532 -77.11 244 -75.96 0.0011
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 17,548 -5,896 -25.15 1,015 -27.24 0.0049
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 23,444 23,444 0.00 1,395 0.0069
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 0 -7,200 -100.00 0 -100.00
2015-11-16 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 7,200 -7,400 -50.68 343 -49.85 0.0021
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 14,600 -9,789 -40.14 684 -43.47 0.0044
2015-05-12 2015-03-31 13F/A-1 PAYCHEX COM 704326107 24,389 13,978 134.26 1,210 151.56 0.0094
2015-05-11 2015-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 10,411 481
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 10,411 2,071 24.83 481 30.35 0.0036
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM 704326107 8,340 8,340 369 0.0038
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
(%)
2026-05-12 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 281,100 54.71 25,895 27.04 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-12 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 181,700 -26.23 20,383 -34.71 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 246,300 49.54 31,221 30.32 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 164,700 25.25 23,957 18.09 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-19 2025-03-31 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Call 131,500 -34.48 20,288 -27.91 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 131,500 20,288 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 200,700 -37.05 28,142 -34.22 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-15 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 318,800 54.91 42,780 75.33 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-15 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 205,800 11.06 24,400 7.23 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-16 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 185,300 -27.45 22,755 -25.20 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-15 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 255,400 -5.58 30,421 -2.49 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 270,500 201.90 31,197 211.24 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 89,600 -48.33 10,024 -49.55 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-16 2023-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 173,400 -2.14 19,870 -2.97 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-15 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 177,200 -28.38 20,477 -26.24 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-15 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 247,400 0.73 27,761 -0.73 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-16 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 245,600 -27.57 27,966 -39.57 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-17 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 339,100 68.29 46,277 68.25 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-15 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 201,500 67.92 27,505 103.83 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-16 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 120,000 85.19 13,494 94.07 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 64,800 -0.92 6,953 8.45 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-18 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 65,400 -59.10 6,411 -56.97 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-17 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 159,900 -38.07 14,899 -27.66 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-17 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 258,200 26.07 20,597 32.76 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-17 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 204,800 205.22 15,514 267.46 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 67,100 7.36 4,222 -20.58 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 62,500 -48.05 5,316 -46.62 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 120,300 91.26 9,958 92.39 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-15 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 62,900 -22.25 5,176 -20.22 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-16 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 80,900 37.59 6,488 69.36 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 58,800 3.16 3,831 -8.74 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 57,000 325.37 4,198 358.30 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-15 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 13,400 47.25 916 63.57 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 9,100 -91.58 560 -92.39 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-15 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 108,100 -14.21 7,359 -2.59 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 126,000 -63.75 7,555 -61.83 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 347,600 2,128.21 19,792 2,053.65 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 15,600 143.75 919 135.64 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-15 2016-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 6,400 8.47 390 14.37 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 5,900 -91.73 341 -91.96 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 71,300 890.28 4,242 990.49 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-17 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 7,200 -57.65 389 -56.73 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 17,000 14.86 899 27.52 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-16 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Call 14,800 705 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
(%)
2026-05-12 2026-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 80,100 1,028.17 7,379 826.88 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-12 2025-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 7,100 -91.29 796 -92.29 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 81,500 -23.83 10,331 -33.63 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 107,000 13.47 15,564 6.98 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-19 2025-03-31 13F/A PAYCHEX COM Put 94,300 -21.74 14,549 -13.90 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 94,300 14,549 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 120,500 938.79 16,897 985.86 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-15 2024-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 11,600 -71.29 1,557 -67.51 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-15 2024-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 40,400 4,790 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-16 2024-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-15 2023-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 41,600 494.29 4,955 513.88 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-15 2023-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 7,000 -23.08 807 -20.73 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 9,100 -11.65 1,018 -13.73 n/a n/a n/a
2023-05-16 2023-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 10,300 -93.88 1,180 -93.93 n/a n/a n/a
2023-02-15 2022-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 168,300 -10.91 19,449 -8.25 n/a n/a n/a
2022-11-15 2022-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 188,900 -24.29 21,196 -25.40 n/a n/a n/a
2022-08-16 2022-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 249,500 176.00 28,411 130.29 n/a n/a n/a
2022-05-17 2022-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 90,400 211.72 12,337 211.62 n/a n/a n/a
2022-02-15 2021-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 29,000 40.10 3,959 70.06 n/a n/a n/a
2021-11-16 2021-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 20,700 89.91 2,328 98.97 n/a n/a n/a
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 10,900 -27.33 1,170 -20.41 n/a n/a n/a
2021-05-18 2021-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 15,000 -81.30 1,470 -80.33 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-17 2020-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 80,200 371.76 7,473 451.11 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-17 2020-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 17,000 32.81 1,356 39.79 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-17 2020-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 12,800 -58.03 970 -49.45 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-15 2020-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 30,500 217.71 1,919 134.88 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 9,600 817 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-15 2019-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 21,000 -33.96 1,728 -32.24 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-16 2019-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 31,800 2,550 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 11,200 103.64 825 119.41 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-15 2018-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 5,500 -97.69 376 -97.44 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 238,600 1,721.37 14,695 1,547.42 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-15 2017-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 13,100 892 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 8,100 -24.30 461 -26.83 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-15 2017-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 10,700 630 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-15 2016-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-17 2016-03-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 18,800 358.54 1,015 367.74 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 4,100 217 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-16 2015-09-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F PAYCHEX COM Put 6,500 305 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.