Paychex (PAYX) Payables (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Payables came in at $132.4 million in Q1 2026, down 2.86% year-on-year from $136.3 million in Q1 2025, and down 15.02% quarter-over-quarter from $155.8 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Payables across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $132.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Payables for Q1 2026 came in at $132.4 million, down 2.86% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $132.4 million (down 2.86% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $148.4 million, up 20.65% from the prior year.
  • Payables came in at $132.4 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, down from $155.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Payables ranged from a high of $155.8 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $94.9 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Payables is $114.4 million (2022), against an average of $119.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Payables surged 48.45% in 2022 and slipped 17.05% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Payables stood at $96.8 million in 2022, then grew by 9.4% to $105.9 million in 2023, then rose by 1.42% to $107.4 million in 2024, then soared by 45.07% to $155.8 million in 2025, then retreated by 15.02% to $132.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Payables figures came in at $132.4 million (Q1 2026), $155.8 million (Q4 2025), and $139.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Payables (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 2.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 86.46 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 1.19 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.03 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.58 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 863.91 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 427.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 812.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 499.00 Mn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 132.40 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 132.40 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 155.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 139.10 Mn
May 31, 2025 148.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 136.30 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 107.40 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 99.80 Mn
May 31, 2024 123.00 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 112.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 105.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 109.00 Mn
May 31, 2023 94.90 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 132.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 96.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 95.00 Mn
May 31, 2022 114.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 120.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 94.80 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 86.10 Mn
May 31, 2021 96.40 Mn