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Paycom Software joins S&P 500, replacing Centene

 

The addition comes two months after cloud vendor ServiceNow joined the index and is the newest signal of the elevated significance of subscription software program within the broader financial system. Prior to final 12 months, Salesforce was the one fashionable cloud firm within the S&P 500, alongside older names like Adobe and Autodesk, which have transitioned to the brand new mannequin during the last decade.

Paycom, which was based in 1998 in Oklahoma City and debuted on the inventory market in 2014, beat rival Workday into the benchmark index although it has lower than half the market cap and one-fifth the income. That’s as a result of S&P Dow Jones Indices requires that an organization present a 12 months of profitability earlier than it may be added to the broader S&P Composite 1500.

While Paycom generated internet earnings of over $160 million up to now 4 quarters, Workday has misplaced greater than $100 million 1 / 4 for the previous 5 durations. Shopify, a cloud-based supplier of e-commerce software program, is valued at virtually $54 billion, however has but to show a revenue and thus cannot be part of the index. The minimal market cap required for entry into the S&P 500 is $8.2 billion.

Paycom will substitute WellCare Health Plans, which is being acquired by Centene, within the index earlier than buying and selling begins on January 28. In addition to Workday, Paycom additionally competes with Cornerstone OnDemand and Ceridian.

Paycom shares rose 1.2% in common buying and selling on Wednesday to a document excessive of $303.28 earlier than extending its rally after hours. Their 116% improve in 2019 far surpassed the S&P 500’s acquire of virtually 29%.

Chad Richison, Paycom’s founder and CEO, is the most important shareholder, with inventory price $2.5 billion.

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