Paychex (PAYX) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at $1.4 million in Q1 2026, down 93.33% year-on-year from $21.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 99.63% quarter-over-quarter from $376.3 million in Q4 2025.
Paychex (PAYX) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Paychex has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.4 million for Q1 2026.
- Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 came in at $1.4 million, down 93.33% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was -$4.0 billion (down 841.64% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$3.4 billion, down 1186.62% from the prior year.
- Cash from Investing Activities came in at $1.4 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from $376.3 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q3 2022 to a low of -$3.1 billion in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$143.1 million (2024), against an average of -$316.7 million.
- Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities jumped 5584.75% in 2022 and plunged 2048.92% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Paychex's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$195.3 million in 2022, then surged by 50.59% to -$96.5 million in 2023, then slumped by 99.69% to -$192.7 million in 2024, then soared by 295.28% to $376.3 million in 2025, then slumped by 99.63% to $1.4 million in 2026.
- The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at $1.4 million (Q1 2026), $376.3 million (Q4 2025), and -$1.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Investing (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 961.18 Mn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | -65.76 Mn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | -773.00 Mn |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 310.00 Mn |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | -2.18 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | -2.11 Bn |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | -451.00 Mn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -1.22 Bn |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | -1.71 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 36.04 Bn | 34.25 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 1.40 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | 1.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 1.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 376.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 376.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -1.30 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | -1.30 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | -3.08 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | -3.08 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 21.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 21.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -192.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | -192.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -110.00 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | -110.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | -143.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | -143.10 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -8.10 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -8.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -96.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | -96.50 Mn |