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Payroll and human resources software provider, Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Paylocity reported revenues of $317.6 million, up 25.4% year on year, in line with analyst expectations. It was a weak quarter for the company, with underwhelming revenue guidance for the next quarter and full-year revenue guidance missing analysts' expectations.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Paylocity's revenue to grow 18.8% year on year to $324.4 million, slowing down from the 39.3% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.28 per share.
Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 3.3%.
With Paylocity being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don't have anywhere else to look at to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for finance and HR software stocks, but there has been positive sentiment among investors in the segment, with the stocks up on average 4.1% over the last month. Paylocity is up 2.2% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with with analyst price target of $202.5, compared to share price of $166.2.
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