Paychex (PAYX) Interest & Investment Income (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Interest & Investment Income of $10.2 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 45.5% from $18.7 million a year earlier and down 21.5% from the prior quarter.
Paychex (PAYX) Interest & Investment Income (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 31, 2026, Interest & Investment Income at Paychex was $54.9 million, down 23.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was $63.4 million, down 12.9% from FY2025.
- Annual Interest & Investment Income shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 94.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Interest & Investment Income was $72.8 million in FY2025 (-12.0%), $82.7 million in FY2024 (+68.4%), $49.1 million in FY2023 and $2.9 million in FY2022 (+26.1%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Interest & Investment Income since fiscal Q2 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest & Investment Income has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 16.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest & Investment Income in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2023, with growth of 944.4%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2027, with a decline of 45.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest & Investment Income for the three prior fiscal quarters was $13 million (Q4 2026), $15.2 million (Q3 2026) and $16.5 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Int & Inv Inc (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.60 Bn | 351.42 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 88.94 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.94 Bn | 216.07 Bn | - | 306.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 272.35 Bn | 199.75 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 440.61 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.46 Bn | 131.33 Bn | 8.70 Bn | - |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.07 Bn | 108.86 Bn | 2.53 Bn | - |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.47 Bn | 84.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 69.00 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.25 Bn | 73.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn | - |
| 8 | Relx | 73.66 Bn | 72.75 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.78 Bn | 38.91 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 47.05 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 41.64 Bn | 36.72 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 10.20 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 10.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 13.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 15.20 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 16.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 18.70 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 20.50 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 16.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 15.80 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 19.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 21.60 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 19.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 20.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 21.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 18.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 14.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 10.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 5.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 1.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 500,000.00 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 400,000.00 |
Paychex Interest & Investment Income 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=interest-and-investment-income&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-and-investment-income", "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=interest-and-investment-income&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();