Paychex (PAYX) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) reported Debt Ratio of 0.28 for Q2 2026, up 2.16% on a YoY basis from 0.28 in Q2 2025, and down 7.87% sequentially from 0.31 in Q1 2026.

Paychex (PAYX) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex (PAYX) has 11 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.28 in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Debt Ratio rose 2.16% year-over-year to 0.28; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at 0.28 (up 2.16% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.28, up 2.16% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.28 in Q2 2026, from 0.31 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.32 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.06 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.14 and a median of 0.08 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio slipped 24.84% in 2023 and soared 320.16% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Tracing PAYX's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.09 in 2022, then declined by 23.17% to 0.07 in 2023, then advanced by 14.9% to 0.08 in 2024, then soared by 318.51% to 0.32 in 2025, then decreased by 13.06% to 0.28 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PAYX's Debt Ratio at 0.28 in Q2 2026, 0.31 in Q1 2026, and 0.32 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 0.08
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 0.00
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn -
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 0.18
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.37
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 0.24
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 0.06
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 0.24
10 Paychex 39.35 Bn 38.23 Bn 1.14 Bn 0.28

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 31, 2026 0.28
Feb 28, 2026 0.31
Nov 30, 2025 0.32
Aug 31, 2025 0.30
May 31, 2025 0.28
Feb 28, 2025 0.07
Nov 30, 2024 0.08
Aug 31, 2024 0.08
May 31, 2024 0.08
Feb 29, 2024 0.06
Nov 30, 2023 0.07
Aug 31, 2023 0.07
May 31, 2023 0.08
Feb 28, 2023 0.08
Nov 30, 2022 0.09
Aug 31, 2022 0.09
May 31, 2022 0.08
Feb 28, 2022 0.08
Nov 30, 2021 0.08
Aug 31, 2021 0.09