Paychex (PAYX) Times Interest Earned (2015 - 2026)
Paychex's Times Interest Earned came in at 9.51 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 19.7% from 7.95 a year earlier and up 1.8% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Times Interest Earned (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Paychex reported Times Interest Earned of 9.71, down 27.7% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was 9.32, down 55.5% from FY2025.
- Going back by fiscal year, Times Interest Earned was 20.95 in FY2025 (-64.1%), 58.29 in FY2024 (+5.2%), 55.40 in FY2023 (+10.2%) and 50.27 in FY2022 (+23.2%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Times Interest Earned is 6.77 (fiscal Q4 2025) to 67.99 (fiscal Q3 2023).
- Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 40.1%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Times Interest Earned over five years came in fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 38.1%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 86.7%).
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's Times Interest Earned at 9.35 (Q4 2026), 11.63 (Q3 2026) and 8.35 (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 4.71 |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 8.18 |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 4.93 |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -15.08 |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 6.79 |
| 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 | 9.51 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 9.51 |
| May 31, 2026 | 9.35 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 11.63 |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 8.35 |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 7.95 |
| May 31, 2025 | 6.77 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 30.61 |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 56.64 |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 56.95 |
| May 31, 2024 | 50.72 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 65.64 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 59.55 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 57.05 |
| May 31, 2023 | 48.22 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 67.99 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 51.34 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 54.46 |
| May 31, 2022 | 43.30 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 62.53 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 47.34 |
API Access
Paychex Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();