Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026)
Paychex (PAYX) posted Total Debt of $4.56 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 8.3% from $4.97 billion a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Total Debt (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q1 2017, Paychex has reported Total Debt for 39 quarters.
- Annual Total Debt shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 41.4% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Paychex's Total Debt was $4.97 billion in FY2025 (+507.7%), $817.3 million in FY2024 (+1.1%), $808.4 million in FY2023 (+0.2%) and $806.4 million in FY2022 (+0.2%).
- Quarterly Total Debt has run from a low of $806.3 million in fiscal Q3 2022 to a high of $4.97 billion in fiscal Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Total Debt increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 251.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Total Debt in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2026, with growth of 508.3%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2026, with a decline of 8.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Total Debt for the three prior fiscal quarters was $4.56 billion (Q4 2026), $4.95 billion (Q3 2026) and $4.97 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.07 Bn | 418.02 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 383.87 Bn | 256.01 Bn | - | 125.34 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 259.07 Bn | 186.85 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 9.76 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.58 Bn | 151.45 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 39.29 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 144.38 Bn | 122.84 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 7.52 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.25 Bn | 97.38 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 4.96 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.11 Bn | 68.46 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 7.67 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.35 Bn | 70.44 Bn | - | 3.11 Bn |
| 9 | Strategy | 48.57 Bn | 41.56 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 6.71 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.25 Bn | 34.33 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 4.56 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.56 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 4.56 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 4.95 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 4.97 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 4.97 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 4.97 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 |
API Access
Paychex Total Debt 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=total-debt&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();