Paychex (PAYX) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Debt Ratio across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 0.28 for Q1 2026.

• Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.28, up 288.77% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.28 (up 288.77% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result 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.
• The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.08 (2022), against an average of 0.13.
• Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio slipped 24.84% in 2023 and surged 288.77% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Debt Ratio stood at 0.09 in 2022, then fell by 23.17% to 0.07 in 2023, then climbed by 14.9% to 0.08 in 2024, then jumped by 287.24% to 0.3 in 2025, then fell by 5.63% to 0.28 in 2026.
• The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.28 (Q1 2026), 0.3 (Q4 2025), and 0.3 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.