Paychex (PAYX) Accounts Payables (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Accounts Payables of $141.4 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 17.2% from $120.6 million a year earlier but down 8.7% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Accounts Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Accounts Payables came in at $154.8 million, up 19.3% from FY2025.
- Annual Accounts Payables has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Accounts Payables was $129.8 million in FY2025 (+24.4%), $104.3 million in FY2024 (+23.1%), $84.7 million in FY2023 (-19.9%) and $105.7 million in FY2022 (+18.8%).
- Quarterly Accounts Payables has run from a low of $80.9 million in fiscal Q1 2025 to a high of $154.8 million in fiscal Q4 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Accounts Payables has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 24.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Accounts Payables in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2026, with growth of 54.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2024, with a decline of 23.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Accounts Payables for the three prior fiscal quarters was $154.8 million (Q4 2026), $132.4 million (Q3 2026) and $137.6 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Accounts Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 623.89 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - | 11.06 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 3.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 7.02 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 138.70 Mn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 231.00 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 873.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - | 5.31 Bn |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 141.40 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 141.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 154.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 132.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 137.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 120.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 129.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 118.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 89.20 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 80.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 104.30 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 94.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 92.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 95.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 84.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 122.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 86.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 84.70 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 105.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 111.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 85.90 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Accounts Payables API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=accounts-payables&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "accounts-payables", "ticker": "PAYX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=accounts-payables&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();