Every day, the sun rises on Wall Street, and a plethora of professional analysts wake to issue new opinions on stocks. Here at the Fool, we use our "This Just In" column to examine some of these picks -- and the track record of the company behind them -- so individuals can make better investing decisions.
In addition to following professional banks, Motley Fool CAPS is open to anyone who wants to monitor the collective opinions of more than 115,000 members, many of whom demonstrate better investing insight than the published analysts do.
Recently, a growing number of top-performing CAPS members are feeling optimistic about payroll-solution provider Paychex
Paychex has a balance sheet and business model well positioned to weather a recession. In fact, the payroll and human-resources provider has managed to grow revenues by 13.5% over the past five years. The company also recently delivered on its promise of 12% growth in net income for fiscal 2008, as well as 10% revenue growth and 40% operating margin. Being smaller than rival Automatic Data Processing
Although job losses in the souring economy do present a level of risk to Paychex's business, the company has done well at meeting the needs of large clients. Case in point: Paychex added the capability for its clients to adopt Roth 401(k) plans early on, when major employers such as Microsoft
Paychex's strong balance sheet and solid performance have investors warming to it even more than they were before, especially since many alternative investments are highly leveraged. And now that the company has once again increased its dividend to shareholders, no wonder more CAPS investors are favoring Paychex. Overall, nearly 95% of the CAPS members rating Paychex expect it to outperform the market.
To see what the very best CAPS analysts are saying now about Paychex -- as well as about other winning stocks they're picking -- head on over to CAPS and have a look.
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