Paychex (PAYX) Intangibles (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Intangibles came in at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, up 895.56% year-on-year from $175.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 3.54% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Paychex has disclosed Intangibles across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Intangibles for Q1 2026 came in at $1.7 billion, up 895.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 895.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.9 billion, up 178.9% from the prior year.
  • Intangibles came in at $1.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Intangibles ranged from a high of $1.9 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $175.6 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Intangibles is $212.5 million (2022), against an average of $645.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Intangibles slumped 65.78% in 2022 and jumped 907.95% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Intangibles stood at $203.9 million in 2022, then decreased by 1.42% to $201.0 million in 2023, then retreated by 10.55% to $179.8 million in 2024, then surged by 907.95% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then dropped by 3.54% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Intangibles figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Intangibles (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 2.67 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 106.23 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 990.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 28.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.65 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.93 Bn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.48 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 1.64 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.01 Bn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.75 Bn

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 1.75 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 1.81 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 1.89 Bn
May 31, 2025 1.95 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 175.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 179.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 187.70 Mn
May 31, 2024 698.20 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 204.90 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 201.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 197.50 Mn
May 31, 2023 661.20 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 196.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 203.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 212.50 Mn
May 31, 2022 224.60 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 234.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 245.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 260.00 Mn
May 31, 2021 656.40 Mn