Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026)

Paychex (PAYX) reported Total Debt of $4.6 billion for Q2 2026, little changed on a YoY basis from $4.6 billion in Q2 2025, and down 14.9% sequentially from $5.4 billion in Q1 2026.

Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paychex (PAYX) has 11 years of Total Debt data on file, last reported at $4.6 billion in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Total Debt changed 0.24% year-over-year to $4.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at $4.6 billion (changed 0.24% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $4.6 billion, changed 0.24% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt retreated to $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, from $5.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Total Debt ranged from a high of $5.4 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $798.6 million in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $2.0 billion and a median of $814.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Total Debt.
  • Across the five-year window, Total Debt decreased 1.21% in 2024 and jumped 555.66% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Tracing PAYX's Total Debt over 5 years: stood at $808.0 million in 2022, then grew by 0.5% to $812.0 million in 2023, then gained by 0.63% to $817.1 million in 2024, then surged by 555.0% to $5.4 billion in 2025, then retreated by 14.87% to $4.6 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows PAYX's Total Debt at $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, $5.4 billion in Q1 2026, and $5.4 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 7.05 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - 4.25 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn -
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 10.51 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 39.28 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 7.52 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 3.98 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 2.91 Bn
10 Paychex 39.35 Bn 38.23 Bn 1.14 Bn 4.56 Bn

Historic Data

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May 31, 2026 4.56 Bn
Feb 28, 2026 5.35 Bn
Nov 30, 2025 5.35 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 4.97 Bn
May 31, 2025 4.57 Bn
Feb 28, 2025 816.60 Mn
Nov 30, 2024 817.10 Mn
Aug 31, 2024 817.60 Mn
May 31, 2024 798.60 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