Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) reported Cash & Equivalents of $1.1 billion for Q2 2026, down 33.18% on a YoY basis from $1.6 billion in Q2 2025, and down 37.55% sequentially from $1.7 billion in Q1 2026.

Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex (PAYX) has 18 years of Cash & Equivalents data on file, last reported at $1.1 billion in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Cash & Equivalents fell 33.18% year-over-year to $1.1 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at $1.1 billion (down 33.18% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $1.1 billion, down 33.18% from the prior year.
  • Cash & Equivalents slipped to $1.1 billion in Q2 2026, from $1.7 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.
  • A 5-year average of $1.3 billion and a median of $1.3 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Cash & Equivalents.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash & Equivalents slumped 66.01% in 2022 and surged 392.3% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing PAYX's Cash & Equivalents over 5 years: stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then advanced by 24.31% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then decreased by 11.81% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then advanced by 23.58% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then dropped by 26.75% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PAYX's Cash & Equivalents at $1.1 billion in Q2 2026, $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, and $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash & Equiv. (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 11.30 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 1.01 Bn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.85 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 680.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 8.94 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.50 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 3.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 2.08 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.41 Bn
10 Paychex 39.35 Bn 38.23 Bn 1.14 Bn 1.09 Bn

Historic Data

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May 31, 2026 1.09 Bn
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