Paychex (PAYX) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) reported Change in Cash of -$1.4 billion for Q2 2026, down 521.64% on a YoY basis from $341.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 237.04% sequentially from $1.0 billion in Q1 2026.

Paychex (PAYX) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex (PAYX) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at -$1.4 billion in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Change in Cash fell 521.64% year-over-year to -$1.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at -$1.2 billion (down 249.23% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was -$1.2 billion, down 249.23% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash declined to -$1.4 billion in Q2 2026, from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of -$2.6 billion in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of -$7.7 million and a median of $58.4 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Cash.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Cash soared 412.99% in 2022 and slumped 2148.88% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing PAYX's Change in Cash over 5 years: stood at -$81.3 million in 2022, then slumped by 296.43% to -$322.3 million in 2023, then surged by 41.33% to -$189.1 million in 2024, then jumped by 226.28% to $238.8 million in 2025, then sank by 702.09% to -$1.4 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PAYX's Change in Cash at -$1.4 billion in Q2 2026, $1.0 billion in Q1 2026, and $238.8 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 199.57 Bn 179.33 Bn 8.16 Bn 11.30 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 191.99 Bn 189.28 Bn - 113.61 Mn
3 Shopify 160.18 Bn 154.44 Bn 1.55 Bn 303.00 Mn
4 Salesforce 149.85 Bn 138.01 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.61 Bn
5 Uber Technologies 136.17 Bn 134.96 Bn 5.95 Bn -1.54 Bn
6 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 101.06 Bn 2.82 Bn -193.00 Mn
7 Automatic Data Processing 102.99 Bn 99.76 Bn 2.87 Bn -21.06 Bn
8 Adobe 95.75 Bn 90.12 Bn 5.90 Bn -1.41 Bn
9 Snowflake 92.12 Bn 89.16 Bn 926.45 Mn -735.63 Mn
10 Paychex 41.80 Bn 40.68 Bn 1.14 Bn -1.44 Bn

Historic Data

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May 31, 2026 -1.44 Bn
Feb 28, 2026 1.05 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 238.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 -1.10 Bn
May 31, 2025 341.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 734.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 -189.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -48.90 Mn
May 31, 2024 -2.64 Bn
Feb 29, 2024 971.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 -322.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 1.75 Bn
May 31, 2023 -227.50 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 737.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 -81.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 777.70 Mn
May 31, 2022 -861.50 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 165.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 -350.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 151.60 Mn