Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026)
Paychex's (PAYX) quarterly Total Debt came in at $5.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 506.67% year-on-year from $816.6 million in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $5.0 billion in Q4 2025.
Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Paychex has disclosed Total Debt across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $5.0 billion for Q1 2026.
- Total Debt for Q1 2026 came in at $5.0 billion, up 506.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $5.0 billion (up 506.67% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.9 billion, up 505.43% from the prior year.
- Total Debt came in at $5.0 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, roughly flat from $5.0 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Total Debt ranged from a high of $5.0 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $806.3 million in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Total Debt is $816.6 million (2025), against an average of $1.8 billion.
- Across the five-year window, Total Debt retreated 0.09% in 2025 and surged 506.67% in 2026, its largest moves.
- Paychex's Total Debt stood at $808.0 million in 2022, then increased by 0.5% to $812.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 0.63% to $817.1 million in 2024, then jumped by 506.06% to $5.0 billion in 2025, then advanced by 0.04% to $5.0 billion in 2026.
- The last three Total Debt figures came in at $5.0 billion (Q1 2026), $5.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 7.05 Bn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | 4.25 Mn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 10.51 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | - |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 39.28 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 2.91 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 | 3.98 Bn |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 1.84 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 36.04 Bn | 34.25 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 4.95 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 | 4.95 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 4.95 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 4.95 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 4.95 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 816.60 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 817.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 817.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 817.30 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 817.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 812.00 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 812.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 808.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 808.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 808.00 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 808.10 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 806.40 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 806.30 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 806.40 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 804.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2021 | 804.70 Mn |