Paychex (PAYX) Liabilities and Shareholders Equity (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Liabilities and Shareholders Equity was $15.66 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 6.0% from $16.66 billion a year earlier and down 3.2% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Liabilities and Shareholders Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Liabilities and Shareholders Equity at Paychex came in at $16.17 billion, down 2.4% from FY2025.
- Liabilities and Shareholders Equity shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Liabilities and Shareholders Equity was $16.56 billion in FY2025 (+59.5%), $10.38 billion in FY2024 (-1.5%), $10.55 billion in FY2023 (+9.5%) and $9.64 billion in FY2022 (+4.4%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure marks the lowest quarterly Liabilities and Shareholders Equity since fiscal Q3 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Liabilities and Shareholders Equity was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 24.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Liabilities and Shareholders Equity over five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (growth of 59.5%); the worst was fiscal Q1 2025 (a decline of 14.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, PAYX's Liabilities and Shareholders Equity in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was $16.17 billion (Q4 2026), $17.51 billion (Q3 2026) and $16.52 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Liabilities and Shareholders Equity (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.07 Bn | 418.02 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 11.68 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 383.87 Bn | 256.01 Bn | - | 303.26 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 259.07 Bn | 186.85 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 86.36 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.58 Bn | 151.45 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 109.62 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 144.38 Bn | 122.84 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.67 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.25 Bn | 97.38 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 63.19 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.11 Bn | 68.46 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 36.79 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.35 Bn | 70.44 Bn | - | 19.92 Bn |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.57 Bn | 41.56 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 52.56 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.25 Bn | 34.33 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 15.66 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 15.66 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 16.17 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 17.51 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 16.52 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 16.66 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 16.56 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 11.22 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 10.55 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 10.49 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 10.38 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 13.02 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 12.05 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 12.20 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 10.55 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 10.60 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 9.21 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 9.13 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 9.64 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 10.28 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 9.69 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Liabilities and Shareholders Equity 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=liabilities-and-shareholders-equity&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "liabilities-and-shareholders-equity", "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=liabilities-and-shareholders-equity&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();