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

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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