Paychex (PAYX) Net Income towards Common Stockholders (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Net Income towards Common Stockholders of $429.7 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 12.0% from $383.8 million a year earlier and up 2.2% from the prior quarter.
Paychex (PAYX) Net Income towards Common Stockholders (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Aug 31, 2026, Net Income towards Common Stockholders at Paychex was $1.81 billion, up 11.9% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was $1.76 billion, up 6.2% from FY2025.
- Annual Net Income towards Common Stockholders shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Net Income towards Common Stockholders was $1.66 billion in FY2025 (-2.0%), $1.69 billion in FY2024 (+8.5%), $1.56 billion in FY2023 (+11.8%) and $1.39 billion in FY2022 (+26.9%).
- Quarterly Net Income towards Common Stockholders has run from a low of $296.4 million in fiscal Q4 2022 to a high of $560.3 million in fiscal Q3 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Net Income towards Common Stockholders has increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 4.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Net Income towards Common Stockholders in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2026, with growth of 41.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2022, with a decline of 61.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Net Income towards Common Stockholders for the three prior fiscal quarters was $420.6 million (Q4 2026), $560.3 million (Q3 2026) and $395.4 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Income (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 467.78 Bn | 436.73 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 390.98 Bn | 263.11 Bn | - | 4.68 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 263.14 Bn | 190.92 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.23 Bn | 154.10 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 3.53 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 150.00 Bn | 128.46 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 298.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.45 Bn | 97.58 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 978.60 Mn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.81 Bn | 69.16 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 363.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.52 Bn | 70.62 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.22 Bn | 44.21 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -8.62 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.39 Bn | 34.48 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 429.70 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 429.70 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 420.60 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 560.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 395.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 383.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 297.20 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 519.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 413.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 427.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 379.90 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 498.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 392.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 419.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 350.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 467.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 360.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 379.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 296.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 430.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 332.10 Mn |
Paychex Net Income towards Common Stockholders 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=net-income-towards-common-stockholders&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-income-towards-common-stockholders", "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=net-income-towards-common-stockholders&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();