Paychex (PAYX) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at $560.3 million in Q1 2026, up 7.9% year-on-year from $519.3 million in Q1 2025, and up 41.7% quarter-over-quarter from $395.4 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Profit After Tax across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $560.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • Profit After Tax for Q1 2026 came in at $560.3 million, up 7.9% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $1.6 billion (down 5.94% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.7 billion, down 1.96% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax came in at $560.3 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, up from $395.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $560.3 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $297.2 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $395.4 million (2025), against an average of $410.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Profit After Tax increased 22.88% in 2022 and declined 21.77% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Profit After Tax stood at $360.3 million in 2022, then rose by 8.99% to $392.7 million in 2023, then advanced by 5.27% to $413.4 million in 2024, then decreased by 4.35% to $395.4 million in 2025, then jumped by 41.7% to $560.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $560.3 million (Q1 2026), $395.4 million (Q4 2025), and $383.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 3.21 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 144.12 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 282.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn -581.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 2.11 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 335.66 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 469.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 1.36 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.71 Bn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 560.30 Mn

Historic Data

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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 298.70 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 430.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 332.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 333.60 Mn
May 31, 2021 263.00 Mn