Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Cash & Equivalents came in at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, up 11.43% year-on-year from $1.6 billion in Q1 2025, and up 17.29% quarter-over-quarter from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Paychex has disclosed Cash & Equivalents across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.7 billion for Q1 2026.
- Cash & Equivalents for Q1 2026 came in at $1.7 billion, up 11.43% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 11.43% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.6 billion, up 10.87% from the prior year.
- Cash & Equivalents came in at $1.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Cash & Equivalents ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $267.5 million in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Cash & Equivalents is $1.4 billion (2023), against an average of $1.3 billion.
- Across the five-year window, Cash & Equivalents plunged 66.01% in 2022 and surged 392.3% in 2023, its largest moves.
- Paychex's Cash & Equivalents stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then climbed by 24.31% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then slipped by 11.81% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then climbed by 23.58% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then grew by 17.29% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
- The last three Cash & Equivalents figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $809.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Equiv. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 9.62 Bn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 966.97 Mn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 680.00 Mn |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.85 Bn |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 8.94 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.41 Bn |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.70 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 3.23 Bn |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 4.92 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 36.04 Bn | 34.25 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 1.74 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | 1.74 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 1.49 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 809.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 1.63 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 1.56 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 1.20 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 1.46 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.47 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 1.69 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 1.36 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 1.65 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 1.22 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 1.32 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 1.10 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 1.18 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 370.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 267.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 636.20 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 1.10 Bn |
| May 31, 2021 | 995.20 Mn |