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

Paychex has disclosed Change in Cash across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.0 billion for Q1 2026.

• Change in Cash for Q1 2026 came in at $1.0 billion, up 42.88% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $529.3 million (up 124.74% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $837.3 million, up 451.95% from the prior year.
• Change in Cash came in at $1.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $238.8 million 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.
• The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $165.7 million (2022), against an average of $76.4 million.
• Across the five-year window, Change in Cash soared 412.99% in 2022 and plunged 2148.88% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Change in Cash stood at -$81.3 million in 2022, then sank by 296.43% to -$322.3 million in 2023, then soared by 41.33% to -$189.1 million in 2024, then surged by 226.28% to $238.8 million in 2025, then surged by 339.36% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Cash figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $238.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$1.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.