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

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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