Paychex (PAYX) Current Assets (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Current Assets was $8.09 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 10.5% from $9.04 billion a year earlier and down 6.0% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Current Assets (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Current Assets at Paychex came in at $8.61 billion, down 3.4% from FY2025.
- Current Assets shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Current Assets was $8.92 billion in FY2025 (+23.0%), $7.25 billion in FY2024 (-3.7%), $7.53 billion in FY2023 (+14.4%) and $6.58 billion in FY2022 (+6.7%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure marks the lowest quarterly Current Assets since fiscal Q3 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Current Assets was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 5.0%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Current Assets over five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 49.3%); the worst was fiscal Q1 2025 (a decline of 19.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, PAYX's Current Assets in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was $8.61 billion (Q4 2026), $9.93 billion (Q3 2026) and $8.91 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Current Assets (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 11.10 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 55.63 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 25.87 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.08 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 8.51 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 52.56 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 15.31 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 2.67 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.41 Bn | 34.49 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 8.09 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 8.09 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 8.61 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 9.93 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 8.91 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 9.04 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 8.92 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 8.08 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 7.43 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 7.36 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 7.25 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 9.89 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 8.92 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 9.09 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 7.53 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 7.60 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 6.20 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 6.09 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 6.58 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 7.24 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 6.63 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Current Assets API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-assets&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "current-assets", "ticker": "PAYX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-assets&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();