Paychex (PAYX) Goodwill (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Goodwill of $4.53 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 0.2% from $4.52 billion a year earlier and up 0.1% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Goodwill (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2009, Paychex has reported Goodwill for 70 quarters.
- Annual Goodwill has increased for nine consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 20.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Goodwill was $4.51 billion in FY2025 (+139.8%), $1.88 billion in FY2024 (+2.7%), $1.83 billion in FY2023 (+0.1%) and $1.83 billion in FY2022 (+0.6%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Goodwill in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Goodwill has increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 70.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Goodwill in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with growth of 141.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2025, with a decline of 0.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Goodwill for the three prior fiscal quarters was $4.53 billion (Q4 2026), $4.53 billion (Q3 2026) and $4.53 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 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 | - |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.53 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 4.53 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 4.53 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 4.53 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 4.52 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 4.51 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 1.88 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 1.88 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 1.88 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 1.88 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 1.88 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 1.88 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 1.88 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 1.83 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 1.83 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 1.83 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 1.83 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 1.83 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 1.83 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 1.83 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Goodwill 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=goodwill&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "goodwill", "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=goodwill&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();