Paychex (PAYX) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Invested Capital came in at $9.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 116.92% year-on-year from $4.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.53% quarter-over-quarter from $8.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Invested Capital across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $9.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at $9.0 billion, up 116.92% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $9.0 billion (up 116.92% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $9.1 billion, up 97.33% from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital came in at $9.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $8.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $9.1 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $3.1 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Invested Capital is $3.8 billion (2024), against an average of $4.9 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Invested Capital climbed 2.77% in 2022 and soared 130.55% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Invested Capital stood at $3.2 billion in 2022, then advanced by 10.03% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then increased by 11.47% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then surged by 123.95% to $8.8 billion in 2025, then grew by 1.53% to $9.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Invested Capital figures came in at $9.0 billion (Q1 2026), $8.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $8.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 60.16 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 5.83 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 24.75 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 12.50 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 73.52 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 6.99 Bn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 11.73 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 6.35 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 16.32 Bn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 8.97 Bn

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 8.97 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 8.83 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 8.92 Bn
May 31, 2025 9.08 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 4.13 Bn
Nov 30, 2024 3.94 Bn
Aug 31, 2024 3.87 Bn
May 31, 2024 4.60 Bn
Feb 29, 2024 3.77 Bn
Nov 30, 2023 3.54 Bn
Aug 31, 2023 3.60 Bn
May 31, 2023 3.50 Bn
Feb 28, 2023 3.41 Bn
Nov 30, 2022 3.22 Bn
Aug 31, 2022 3.15 Bn
May 31, 2022 3.09 Bn
Feb 28, 2022 3.29 Bn
Nov 30, 2021 3.13 Bn
Aug 31, 2021 3.05 Bn
May 31, 2021 2.96 Bn