Paychex (PAYX) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Capital Expenditures across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $5.5 million for Q1 2026.

• Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 came in at $5.5 million, down 88.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $85.5 million (down 67.97% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $191.8 million, up 18.84% from the prior year.
• Capital Expenditures came in at $5.5 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from -$36.4 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $135.6 million in Q2 2024 to a low of -$54.3 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $14.0 million (2023), against an average of $27.5 million.
• Across the five-year window, Capital Expenditures plunged 268.11% in 2022 and soared 15233.33% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Capital Expenditures stood at $60.3 million in 2022, then sank by 76.78% to $14.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 400.0% to $70.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 152.0% to -$36.4 million in 2025, then jumped by 115.11% to $5.5 million in 2026.
• The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $5.5 million (Q1 2026), -$36.4 million (Q4 2025), and $55.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.