Paychex (PAYX) Current Deferred Revenue (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Current Deferred Revenue of $70.8 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 2.9% from $68.8 million a year earlier and up 2.0% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Current Deferred Revenue (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Current Deferred Revenue came in at $69.4 million, unchanged from FY2025.
- Annual Current Deferred Revenue shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Current Deferred Revenue was $69.4 million in FY2025 (+38.2%), $50.2 million in FY2024 (+6.1%), $47.3 million in FY2023 (+23.2%) and $38.4 million in FY2022 (+1.3%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Current Deferred Revenue in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Current Deferred Revenue increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 18.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Current Deferred Revenue in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2026, with growth of 39.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a decline of 8.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Current Deferred Revenue for the three prior fiscal quarters was $69.4 million (Q4 2026), $70.3 million (Q3 2026) and $70.5 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 456.40 Bn | 425.35 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 382.94 Bn | 255.07 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 261.10 Bn | 188.88 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 194.91 Bn | 150.78 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.90 Bn | 124.36 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.58 Bn | 97.71 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.20 Bn | 68.55 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.58 Bn | 70.67 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.00 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.43 Bn | 34.51 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 70.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 69.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 70.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 70.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 68.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 69.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 51.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 50.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 50.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 50.20 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 51.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 55.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 51.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 47.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 43.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 44.80 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 40.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 38.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 37.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 39.80 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Current Deferred Revenue 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-deferred-revenue&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "current-deferred-revenue", "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-deferred-revenue&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();