Paychex (PAYX) Gross Profit (2019 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Gross Profit came in at $1.4 billion in Q1 2026, up 27.72% year-on-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 26.27% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Gross Profit (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Gross Profit across 8 years of filings, most recently posting $1.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Profit for Q1 2026 came in at $1.4 billion, up 27.72% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.6 billion (up 19.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.0 billion, up 6.11% from the prior year.
  • Gross Profit came in at $1.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Profit ranged from a high of $1.4 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $809.3 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Profit is $919.9 million (2024), against an average of $963.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Profit advanced 0.92% in 2023 and advanced 27.72% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Gross Profit stood at $809.3 million in 2022, then climbed by 6.55% to $862.3 million in 2023, then advanced by 4.57% to $901.7 million in 2024, then climbed by 21.0% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then advanced by 26.27% to $1.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Profit figures came in at $1.4 billion (Q1 2026), $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.1 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 1.38 Bn
Feb 28, 2026 1.38 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 1.09 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 1.09 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 1.08 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 1.08 Bn
May 31, 2025 1.03 Bn
May 31, 2025 1.03 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 1.08 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 1.08 Bn
Nov 30, 2024 901.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 901.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 938.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 938.50 Mn
May 31, 2024 919.90 Mn
May 31, 2024 919.90 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 1.02 Bn
Feb 29, 2024 1.02 Bn
Nov 30, 2023 862.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 862.30 Mn