Paychex (PAYX) Net Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Net Cash Flow came in at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 42.88% year-on-year from $734.3 million in Q1 2025, and up 339.36% quarter-over-quarter from $238.8 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Net Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Net Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.0 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Net Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $1.0 billion, up 42.88% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $529.3 million (up 124.74% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $837.3 million, up 451.95% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow came in at $1.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $238.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of -$2.6 billion in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Net Cash Flow is $165.7 million (2022), against an average of $76.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Cash Flow soared 412.99% in 2022 and plunged 2148.88% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Net Cash Flow stood at -$81.3 million in 2022, then slumped by 296.43% to -$322.3 million in 2023, then surged by 41.33% to -$189.1 million in 2024, then surged by 226.28% to $238.8 million in 2025, then surged by 339.36% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $238.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$1.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 1.52 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 117.14 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn -1.51 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 306.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.60 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn -1.58 Bn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn -1.02 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn -21.02 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn -1.40 Bn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.05 Bn

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 1.05 Bn
Feb 28, 2026 1.05 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 238.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 238.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 -1.10 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 -1.10 Bn
May 31, 2025 341.00 Mn
May 31, 2025 341.00 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 734.30 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 734.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 -189.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 -189.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -48.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -48.90 Mn
May 31, 2024 -2.64 Bn
May 31, 2024 -2.64 Bn
Feb 29, 2024 971.10 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 971.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 -322.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 -322.30 Mn