Paychex (PAYX) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Dividends Paid - Common of $424.1 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 9.0% from $389.1 million a year earlier but down 0.1% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 31, 2026, Dividends Paid - Common at Paychex was $1.62 billion, up 9.5% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $1.59 billion, up 9.7% from FY2025.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common has increased for 15 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Dividends Paid - Common was $1.45 billion in FY2025 (+10.1%), $1.32 billion in FY2024 (+11.9%), $1.18 billion in FY2023 (+17.5%) and $999.6 million in FY2022 (+10.0%).
- Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common has run from a low of $238.3 million in fiscal Q2 2022 to a high of $424.6 million in fiscal Q4 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common has increased in each of the last 25 quarters, with growth averaging 9.8% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common ranged from 6.6% (fiscal Q3 2022) to 19.5% (fiscal Q1 2023).
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common for the three prior fiscal quarters was $424.6 million (Q4 2026), $388 million (Q3 2026) and $387.9 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - | 1.57 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn | - |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | - |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn | - |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | - |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn | - |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - | -274.00 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 424.10 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 424.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 424.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 388.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 387.90 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 389.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 389.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 353.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 352.80 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 353.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 352.80 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 320.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 320.20 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 321.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 320.90 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 284.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 284.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 284.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 284.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 238.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 238.30 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();