Paychex (PAYX) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $807.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $807.0 million, up 20.94% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $2.2 billion (up 47.77% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.7 billion, down 1.57% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow came in at $807.0 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $481.3 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $807.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $86.1 million in Q2 2024.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $481.3 million (2025), against an average of $473.4 million.
• Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow plunged 76.82% in 2024 and jumped 229.04% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Free Cash Flow stood at $295.1 million in 2022, then gained by 0.75% to $297.3 million in 2023, then decreased by 24.32% to $225.0 million in 2024, then surged by 113.91% to $481.3 million in 2025, then soared by 67.67% to $807.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $807.0 million (Q1 2026), $481.3 million (Q4 2025), and $662.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.