Seasonality
PCTY seasonality — Paylocity
Over the last 11 years, PCTY's strongest month on average has been August (+11.8%) and its weakest December (-2.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.14% | +2.93% | 60% | +18.0% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.16% | +0.70% | 50% | +23.3% | -21.1% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.17% | +1.65% | 60% | +9.6% | -31.8% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.40% | +2.32% | 60% | +29.7% | -9.7% | 10 |
| May | +1.49% | +1.59% | 50% | +18.8% | -12.1% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.17% | -2.53% | 30% | +12.3% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +9.68% | +8.77% | 80% | +31.9% | -8.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +11.84% | +9.31% | 80% | +37.0% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.55% | -0.21% | 50% | +9.6% | -11.1% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.53% | +6.98% | 60% | +19.9% | -18.1% | 10 |
| Nov | -0.64% | +1.96% | 56% | +19.2% | -17.3% | 9 |
| Dec | -2.63% | -2.56% | 40% | +5.2% | -10.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — PCTY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -11.5 | -21.1 | 1.5 | -2.4 | 8.9 | -9.1 | 31.9 | 16.2 | -11.0 | 19.9 | 1.3 | +13.5% | |
| 2025 | 3.0 | -0.6 | -8.3 | 2.5 | -0.6 | -5.1 | 2.0 | -3.1 | -11.1 | -11.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | -23.6% |
| 2024 | -3.9 | 6.4 | 1.9 | -9.7 | -8.4 | -7.3 | 13.8 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 12.4 | -3.9 | +21.0% |
| 2023 | 7.2 | -7.5 | 3.2 | -2.8 | -10.6 | 6.8 | 22.9 | -11.6 | -9.4 | -1.3 | -12.7 | 5.2 | -15.1% |
| 2022 | -13.6 | 4.2 | -3.1 | -7.8 | -7.8 | -0.2 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 0.2 | -4.0 | -6.0 | -10.8 | -17.7% |
| 2021 | -9.0 | 2.0 | -5.9 | 7.5 | -12.1 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 29.8 | 4.2 | 8.8 | -17.3 | -6.4 | +14.7% |
| 2020 | 17.4 | -8.7 | -31.8 | 29.7 | 13.5 | 12.2 | -8.7 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 6.0 | 4.7 | +70.4% |
| 2019 | 18.0 | 23.3 | 1.9 | 8.2 | 3.8 | -6.4 | 8.8 | 7.0 | -10.7 | 5.1 | 19.2 | -1.2 | +100.7% |
| 2018 | 10.9 | -10.6 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 9.4 | -1.5 | -1.5 | 37.0 | 1.1 | -18.1 | 2.0 | -10.2 | +27.7% |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 18.8 | -3.6 | 0.6 | 8.1 | -0.7 | 9.4 | -13.6 | 2.2 | +57.1% |
| 2016 | -9.4 |