Paychex (PAYX) Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) (2009 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) came in at $359.4 million in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $360.1 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $359.7 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $359.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) for Q1 2026 came in at $359.4 million, changed 0.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $359.4 million (changed 0.19% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $360.2 million, changed 0.03% from the prior year.
  • Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) came in at $359.4 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, roughly flat from $359.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) ranged from a high of $360.8 million in Q3 2023 to a low of $359.4 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) is $360.2 million (2022), against an average of $360.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) grew 0.19% in 2022 and slipped 0.19% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) stood at $360.2 million in 2022, then advanced by 0.11% to $360.6 million in 2023, then declined by 0.14% to $360.1 million in 2024, then fell by 0.11% to $359.7 million in 2025, then dropped by 0.08% to $359.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) figures came in at $359.4 million (Q1 2026), $359.7 million (Q4 2025), and $360.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares (Weighted Avg.) (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 1.44 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 20.79 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.05 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.30 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 868.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 272.06 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.04 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 403.50 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 406.00 Mn
10 Paychex 36.04 Bn 34.25 Bn 1.38 Bn 359.40 Mn

Historic Data

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Feb 28, 2026 359.40 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 359.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 360.10 Mn
May 31, 2025 360.20 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 360.10 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 360.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 360.10 Mn
May 31, 2024 360.30 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 359.90 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 360.60 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 360.80 Mn
May 31, 2023 360.40 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 360.50 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 360.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 360.10 Mn
May 31, 2022 360.60 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 360.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 360.70 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 360.10 Mn
May 31, 2021 359.90 Mn