Paylocity price target raised to $200 from $180 at Mizuho

Mizuho analyst Siti Panigrahi raised the firm’s price target on Paylocity (PCTY) to $200 from $180 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares as part of a 2025 outlook for the software group. The firm increased price targets on several companies, largely a reflection of recent increases in comp multiples. It believes the most important trends benefiting software vendors today and in the future are digital transformation, generative artificial intelligence, data and analytics, contact center cloud migrations, DevOps, and next-generation security. Mizuho believes the industry’s risk/reward is more balanced entering 2025, but still attractive overall.