Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Cash & Equivalents of $600.9 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 25.7% from $809 million a year earlier and down 44.8% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Cash & Equivalents came in at $1.09 billion, down 33.2% from FY2025.
- Annual Cash & Equivalents shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Cash & Equivalents was $1.63 billion in FY2025 (+10.9%), $1.47 billion in FY2024 (+20.2%), $1.22 billion in FY2023 (+230.3%) and $370 million in FY2022 (-62.8%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Cash & Equivalents since fiscal Q4 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash & Equivalents increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 9.6%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash & Equivalents in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2023, with growth of 392.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2022, with a decline of 66.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cash & Equivalents for the three prior fiscal quarters was $1.09 billion (Q4 2026), $1.74 billion (Q3 2026) and $1.49 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Equiv. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 2.03 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 36.37 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 12.01 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 8.31 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 2.50 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 4.71 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | 291.59 Mn |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 1.71 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.41 Bn | 34.49 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 600.90 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 600.90 Mn |
| 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 |
API Access
Paychex Cash & Equivalents 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=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-equivalents", "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=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();