Paychex (PAYX) Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Invested Capital of $8.26 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 7.6% from $8.94 billion a year earlier and down 0.3% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Invested Capital (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Invested Capital came in at $8.29 billion, down 8.8% from FY2025.
- Annual Invested Capital shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 17.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Invested Capital was $9.09 billion in FY2025 (+96.9%), $4.62 billion in FY2024 (+7.4%), $4.3 billion in FY2023 (+10.5%) and $3.89 billion in FY2022 (+3.7%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Invested Capital since fiscal Q3 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Invested Capital increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 44.7%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Invested Capital in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2025, with growth of 96.9%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2026, with a decline of 8.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Invested Capital for the three prior fiscal quarters was $8.29 billion (Q4 2026), $8.97 billion (Q3 2026) and $8.85 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Invested Cap. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 456.40 Bn | 425.35 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 382.94 Bn | 255.07 Bn | - | 192.53 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 261.10 Bn | 188.88 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 61.44 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 194.91 Bn | 150.78 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 77.67 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.90 Bn | 124.36 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 20.03 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.58 Bn | 97.71 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 11.00 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.20 Bn | 68.55 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 26.66 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.58 Bn | 70.67 Bn | - | 4.77 Bn |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.00 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 37.60 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.43 Bn | 34.51 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 8.26 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 8.26 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 8.29 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 8.97 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 8.85 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 8.94 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 9.09 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 4.93 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 4.74 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 4.67 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 4.62 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 4.56 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 4.34 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 4.40 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 4.30 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 4.21 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 4.01 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 3.95 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 3.89 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 4.09 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 3.93 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Invested Capital 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=invested-capital&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "invested-capital", "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=invested-capital&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();