Paychex (PAYX) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Paychex's Debt Ratio history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.28 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 288.77% year-over-year to 0.28; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at 0.28 (up 288.77% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.3, up 279.51% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio came in at 0.28 for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from 0.3 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.3 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.06 in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 0.13 and a median of 0.08 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio dropped 24.84% in 2023 and soared 288.77% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Debt Ratio stood at 0.09 in 2022, then retreated by 23.17% to 0.07 in 2023, then grew by 14.9% to 0.08 in 2024, then surged by 287.24% to 0.3 in 2025, then retreated by 5.63% to 0.28 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.28, 0.3, and 0.3 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

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