Paychex (PAYX) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's Retained Earnings history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$2.7 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 96.99% year-over-year to -$2.7 million; the TTM figure through Feb 2026 stood at -$2.7 million (up 96.99% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.3 billion, up 1669.26% from the prior year.
• Retained Earnings came in at -$2.7 million for Q1 2026 at 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.
• A 5-year average of $751.1 million and a median of -$47.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
• On a YoY basis, Retained Earnings climbed as much as 47568.42% in 2022 and fell as far as 182.17% in 2022.
• Paychex's Retained Earnings stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then advanced by 10.93% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then slumped by 104.57% to -$91.9 million in 2024, then jumped by 2221.87% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 100.14% to -$2.7 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods registered -$2.7 million, $2.0 billion, and $2.1 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

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