Paychex (PAYX) Short term Debt (2016 - 2026)

Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Short term Debt came in at $400.0 million in Q1 2026, up 2172.73% year-on-year from $17.6 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $399.9 million in Q4 2025.

Paychex (PAYX) Short term Debt (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex has disclosed Short term Debt across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $400.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Short term Debt for Q1 2026 came in at $400.0 million, up 2172.73% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $400.0 million (up 2172.73% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $399.8 million, up 2037.97% from the prior year.
  • Short term Debt came in at $400.0 million for Q1 2026 at Paychex, roughly flat from $399.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short term Debt ranged from a high of $400.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $8.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Short term Debt is $17.6 million (2025), against an average of $104.5 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Short term Debt fell 6.38% in 2025 and soared 2172.73% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Paychex's Short term Debt stood at $10.1 million in 2022, then surged by 34.65% to $13.6 million in 2023, then surged by 33.82% to $18.2 million in 2024, then surged by 2097.25% to $399.9 million in 2025, then increased by 0.03% to $400.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Short term Debt figures came in at $400.0 million (Q1 2026), $399.9 million (Q4 2025), and $399.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 400.00 Mn
Nov 30, 2025 399.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 399.90 Mn
May 31, 2025 399.80 Mn
Feb 28, 2025 17.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 18.20 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 18.90 Mn
May 31, 2024 18.70 Mn
Feb 29, 2024 18.80 Mn
Nov 30, 2023 13.60 Mn
Aug 31, 2023 13.70 Mn
May 31, 2023 10.20 Mn
Feb 28, 2023 10.20 Mn
Nov 30, 2022 10.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2022 10.30 Mn
May 31, 2022 8.70 Mn
Feb 28, 2022 8.70 Mn
Nov 30, 2021 8.90 Mn
Aug 31, 2021 7.10 Mn
May 31, 2021 7.40 Mn