Paychex (PAYX) Prepaid Assets (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Prepaid Assets came in at $409.2 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 7.9% from $379.4 million a year earlier and up 6.4% from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Paychex (PAYX) Prepaid Assets (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Prepaid Assets was $384.7 million, up 1.7% from FY2025.
- Prepaid Assets has increased in each of the last nine fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Prepaid Assets was $378.3 million in FY2025 (+17.5%), $321.9 million in FY2024 (+11.1%), $289.8 million in FY2023 (+6.4%) and $272.3 million in FY2022 (+9.3%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the highest quarterly Prepaid Assets in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- Year-over-year, Prepaid Assets has increased for 22 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 9.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The year-over-year growth in Prepaid Assets has ranged between 1.7% (fiscal Q4 2026) and 17.5% (fiscal Q4 2025) over the last five years.
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's Prepaid Assets at $384.7 million (Q4 2026), $378.2 million (Q3 2026) and $372.5 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 409.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 384.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 378.20 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 372.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 379.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 378.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 359.40 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 345.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 342.40 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 321.90 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 312.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 304.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 301.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 289.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 292.10 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 286.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 286.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 272.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 277.50 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 264.30 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Prepaid Assets 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=prepaid-assets&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "prepaid-assets", "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=prepaid-assets&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();