Paychex (PAYX) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) recorded Retained Earnings of $1.79 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 13.6% from $2.07 billion a year earlier and down 1.0% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex reported Retained Earnings of $1.81 billion, down 20.7% from FY2025.
- Annual Retained Earnings has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Retained Earnings came in at $2.28 billion in FY2025 (+2.9%), $2.21 billion in FY2024 (+9.4%), $2.02 billion in FY2023 (+21.2%) and $1.67 billion in FY2022 (+15.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure is the lowest quarterly Retained Earnings since fiscal Q1 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 5.3% over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Retained Earnings in the last five years was growth of 21.2% in fiscal Q4 2023, against a decline of 20.7% in fiscal Q4 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at $1.81 billion (Q4 2026), $2.05 billion (Q3 2026) and $1.95 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 373.01 Bn | 337.83 Bn | 1.93 Bn | -501.96 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.83 Bn | 215.96 Bn | - | -1.11 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 284.17 Bn | 211.56 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 57.64 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 182.25 Bn | 138.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 27.11 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 123.04 Bn | 109.84 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 27.41 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.90 Bn | 85.16 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 6.29 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 97.51 Bn | 76.85 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 19.05 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 75.90 Bn | 74.99 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Thomson Reuters | 52.87 Bn | 48.84 Bn | - | 9.10 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 42.46 Bn | 37.54 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 1.79 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.79 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 1.81 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 2.05 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 1.95 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 2.07 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 2.28 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 2.39 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 2.22 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 2.17 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 2.21 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 2.19 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 2.01 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 2.10 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 2.02 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 1.99 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 1.81 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 1.74 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 1.67 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 1.80 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 1.61 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Retained Earnings 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=retained-earnings&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();