Paychex (PAYX) Other Working Capital Changes (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Other Working Capital Changes came in at -$20.3 million in Q1 2026, up 71.49% year-on-year from -$11.8 million in Q1 2025, and down 154.42% quarter-over-quarter from $37.3 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Other Working Capital Changes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Other Working Capital Changes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$20.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Other Working Capital Changes for Q1 2026 came in at -$20.3 million, up 71.49% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $1.8 million (down 94.39% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.0 million, down 52.38% from the prior year.
  • Other Working Capital Changes came in at -$20.3 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from $37.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Other Working Capital Changes ranged from a high of $95.2 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$71.2 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Other Working Capital Changes is -$18.9 million (2022), against an average of $882352.9.
  • Across the five-year window, Other Working Capital Changes sank 263.95% in 2023 and surged 503.51% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Other Working Capital Changes stood at $67.1 million in 2022, then climbed by 25.78% to $84.4 million in 2023, then increased by 12.8% to $95.2 million in 2024, then sank by 60.82% to $37.3 million in 2025, then tumbled by 154.42% to -$20.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Other Working Capital Changes figures came in at -$20.3 million (Q1 2026), $37.3 million (Q4 2025), and -$29.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 -20.30 Mn
Feb 28, 2026 -20.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 37.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 37.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 -29.50 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 -29.50 Mn
May 31, 2025 14.30 Mn
May 31, 2025 14.30 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 -71.20 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 -71.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 95.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 95.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -26.30 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 -26.30 Mn
May 31, 2024 34.40 Mn
May 31, 2024 34.40 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 -55.50 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 -55.50 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 84.40 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 84.40 Mn