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Paychex (PAYX) Change in Cash (2016 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) has disclosed Change in Cash for 18 consecutive years, with $1.0 billion as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Cash rose 42.88% to $1.0 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $529.3 million through Feb 2026, up 124.74% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $837.3 million for FY2025, 451.95% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash hit $1.0 billion in Q1 2026 for 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.
  • Historically, Change in Cash has averaged $76.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $165.7 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Cash: surged 412.99% in 2022 and later plummeted 2148.88% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Change in Cash stood at -$81.3 million in 2022, then plummeted by 296.43% to -$322.3 million in 2023, then surged by 41.33% to -$189.1 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 226.28% to $238.8 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 339.36% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Cash for PAYX at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026, $238.8 million in Q4 2025, and -$1.1 billion in Q3 2025.