Paychex (PAYX) Goodwill & Intangibles (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Goodwill & Intangibles came in at $6.3 billion in Q1 2026, up 205.58% year-on-year from $2.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1.02% quarter-over-quarter from $6.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Goodwill & Intangibles (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Goodwill & Intangibles across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $6.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Goodwill & Intangibles for Q1 2026 came in at $6.3 billion, up 205.58% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $6.3 billion (up 205.58% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $6.5 billion, up 150.35% from the prior year.
  • Goodwill & Intangibles came in at $6.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from $6.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Goodwill & Intangibles ranged from a high of $6.5 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $2.0 billion in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Goodwill & Intangibles is $2.1 billion (2023), against an average of $3.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Goodwill & Intangibles decreased 17.0% in 2022 and surged 209.29% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Goodwill & Intangibles stood at $2.0 billion in 2022, then gained by 2.43% to $2.1 billion in 2023, then dropped by 1.14% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then jumped by 207.81% to $6.3 billion in 2025, then declined by 1.02% to $6.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Goodwill & Intangibles figures came in at $6.3 billion (Q1 2026), $6.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $6.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 6.27 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 6.34 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 6.41 Bn
May 31, 2025 6.46 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 2.05 Bn
Nov 30, 2024 2.06 Bn
Aug 31, 2024 2.07 Bn
May 31, 2024 2.58 Bn
Feb 29, 2024 2.09 Bn
Nov 30, 2023 2.08 Bn
Aug 31, 2023 2.08 Bn
May 31, 2023 2.50 Bn
Feb 28, 2023 2.03 Bn
Nov 30, 2022 2.03 Bn
Aug 31, 2022 2.04 Bn
May 31, 2022 2.06 Bn
Feb 28, 2022 2.07 Bn
Nov 30, 2021 2.08 Bn
Aug 31, 2021 2.08 Bn
May 31, 2021 2.48 Bn