Paychex (PAYX) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2022)
Paychex's Short-term Investments was $853.9 million in fiscal Q4 2022 (quarter ended May 31, 2022), compared with $36.7 million a year earlier.
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Paychex (PAYX) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2022) Analysis & Trends
From fiscal Q4 2009 onward, Paychex has reported Short-term Investments for 51 quarters.
- Short-term Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 43.8% (FY2017 to FY2022).
- In earlier fiscal years, Short-term Investments was $36.7 million in FY2021 (+34.9%), $27.2 million in FY2020 (-30.3%), $39 million in FY2019 (-40.9%) and $66 million in FY2018 (-52.4%).
- The fiscal Q4 2022 figure marks the highest quarterly Short-term Investments in data going back to fiscal Q4 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Short-term Investments was higher in four of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 124.7%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments over five years was fiscal Q2 2021 (growth of 408.4%); the worst was fiscal Q2 2020 (a decline of 86.2%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.41 Bn | 34.49 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2022 | 853.90 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 39.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2021 | 36.70 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 203.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2020 | 174.90 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2020 | 30.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2020 | 27.20 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2020 | 73.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2019 | 34.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2019 | 40.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2019 | 39.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2019 | 35.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2018 | 248.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2018 | 82.90 Mn |
| May 31, 2018 | 66.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2018 | 97.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2017 | 81.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2017 | 133.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2017 | 138.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2017 | 214.00 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Short-term Investments 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=short-term-investments&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "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=short-term-investments&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();