Paychex (PAYX) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Equity Ratio came in at 0.23 in Q1 2026, down 37.52% year-on-year from 0.37 in Q1 2025, and down 2.42% quarter-over-quarter from 0.23 in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Equity Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Equity Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.23 for Q1 2026.

  • Equity Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.23, down 37.52% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.23 (down 37.52% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.25, down 31.92% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio came in at 0.23 for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Equity Ratio ranged from a high of 0.37 in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.23 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.32 (2022), against an average of 0.31.
  • Across the five-year window, Equity Ratio grew 27.51% in 2025 and plunged 37.52% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Equity Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then declined by 15.93% to 0.29 in 2023, then increased by 27.19% to 0.37 in 2024, then plunged by 36.85% to 0.23 in 2025, then retreated by 2.42% to 0.23 in 2026.
  • The last three Equity Ratio figures came in at 0.23 (Q1 2026), 0.23 (Q4 2025), and 0.24 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 0.62
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 0.90
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 0.41
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.89
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.32
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.54
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 0.48
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 0.10
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 0.38
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 0.23

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.23
Nov 30, 2025 0.23
Aug 31, 2025 0.24
May 31, 2025 0.25
Feb 28, 2025 0.37
Nov 30, 2024 0.37
Aug 31, 2024 0.37
May 31, 2024 0.37
Feb 29, 2024 0.29
Nov 30, 2023 0.29
Aug 31, 2023 0.29
May 31, 2023 0.33
Feb 28, 2023 0.32
Nov 30, 2022 0.35
Aug 31, 2022 0.34
May 31, 2022 0.32
Feb 28, 2022 0.32
Nov 30, 2021 0.32
Aug 31, 2021 0.32
May 31, 2021 0.32