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Michael E Gioja sold $4.9M of PAYX

Sr. Vice President at PAYCHEX INC. 31,653 shares at an average of $154.59, traded Apr 3, 2025, filed Apr 7, 2025.

Warning score
53
Value
$4.9M
31,653 shares
Holdings after
14,035
-69% from before
From 52-week low
+17%
low $123.38, close $144.91
From 52-week high
-1%
high $146.24, as of Apr 3, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $4.9M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 69% of holdings
    +20
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PAYXOct 9, 2026 · close 103.98
Since filing Apr 7, 2025: -21.6%SPY +56.9% · excess -78.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000950170-25-051628, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 3, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+31,653$69.54$2.2M45,688Apr 7, 2025
Apr 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-31,000$154.58$4.8M14,688Apr 7, 2025
Apr 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-653$154.91$101k14,035Apr 7, 2025
Apr 3, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Optionderivative
-31,653$0.00$00Apr 7, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at PAYCHEX INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
51Moderate
PAYXbuy 2
PAYCHEX INC
Tom Bonadio
director
$98k
1,000 shares
+5%
59Moderate
PAYXbuy 2
PAYCHEX INC
Joseph Doody
director
$99k
1,000 shares
-
70Notable
PAYXsell 4
PAYCHEX INC
John B Gibson
President and CEO
$1.8M
12,370 shares
-13%
59Moderate
PAYXsell 4
PAYCHEX INC
Robert L. Schrader
Sr. VP, CFO
$444k
3,160 shares
-14%
55Moderate
PAYXsell 4
PAYCHEX INC
Christopher C Simmons
VP, Controller & Treasurer
$260k
1,843 shares
-24%
45Moderate
PAYXsell 4
PAYCHEX INC
Martin Mucci
director, other
$14M
97,526 shares
-18%
27Weak
PAYXsell 2
PAYCHEX INC
Joseph M Velli
director
$545k
3,650 shares
-4%
43Moderate
PAYXsell 2
PAYCHEX INC
Mark Anthony Bottini
Sr. VP of Sales
$6.6M
46,875 shares
-37%
50Moderate
PAYXsell 2
PAYCHEX INC
Robert L. Schrader
Sr. VP, CFO
$1.9M
13,015 shares
-43%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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