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Paychex (PAYX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 18 consecutive years, with -$2.7 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 96.99% to -$2.7 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$2.7 million through Feb 2026, up 96.99% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.3 billion for FY2025, 1669.26% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$2.7 million in Q1 2026 for Paychex, down from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$183.1 million in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $751.1 million across 5 years, with a median of -$47.0 million in 2022.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Retained Earnings was 47568.42% in 2022; the steepest drop was 182.17% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then rose by 10.93% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then crashed by 104.57% to -$91.9 million in 2024, then surged by 2221.87% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 100.14% to -$2.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for PAYX at -$2.7 million in Q1 2026, $2.0 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.1 billion in Q3 2025.