Paychex (PAYX) Common Equity (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) reported Common Equity of $3.71 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 6.7% from $3.97 billion a year earlier and down 0.8% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Common Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex posted Common Equity of $3.74 billion, down 9.5% from FY2025.
- Common Equity has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Common Equity came in at $4.13 billion in FY2025 (+8.6%), $3.8 billion in FY2024 (+8.8%), $3.49 billion in FY2023 (+13.2%) and $3.09 billion in FY2022 (+4.7%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Common Equity since fiscal Q2 2024.
- Year over year, Common Equity has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 1.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Common Equity in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 14.4%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2026 (a decline of 9.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $3.74 billion (Q4 2026), $4.01 billion (Q3 2026) and $3.88 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Common Equity (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 11.35 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - | 67.20 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 52.69 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 38.38 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 5.09 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 13.10 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 18.99 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - | 1.66 Bn |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - | -18.28 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 3.71 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.71 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 3.74 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 4.01 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 3.88 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 3.97 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 4.13 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 4.12 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 3.93 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 3.85 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 3.80 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 3.75 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 3.52 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 3.59 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 3.49 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 3.40 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 3.21 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 3.14 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 3.09 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 3.29 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 3.12 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Common Equity 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=common-equity&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "common-equity", "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=common-equity&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();