Paychex (PAYX) Interest Coverage Ratio (2015 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 11.63 for Q1 2026.

• Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 11.63, down 62.01% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 8.7 (down 80.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.95, down 64.06% from the prior year.
• Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 11.63 for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from 8.35 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 67.99 in Q1 2023 to a low of 6.77 in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 51.34 (2022), against an average of 43.51.
• Across the five-year window, Interest Coverage Ratio increased 17.43% in 2022 and sank 86.66% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 51.34 in 2022, then increased by 16.0% to 59.55 in 2023, then fell by 4.89% to 56.64 in 2024, then plunged by 85.26% to 8.35 in 2025, then jumped by 39.3% to 11.63 in 2026.
• The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 11.63 (Q1 2026), 8.35 (Q4 2025), and 7.95 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.