Paychex (PAYX) Total Liabilities (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Total Liabilities came in at $11.96 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 5.8% from $12.69 billion a year earlier and down 3.9% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Total Liabilities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), Paychex's Total Liabilities was $12.44 billion, unchanged from FY2025.
- Total Liabilities carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Total Liabilities was $12.44 billion in FY2025 (+88.9%), $6.58 billion in FY2024 (-6.7%), $7.05 billion in FY2023 (+7.7%) and $6.55 billion in FY2022 (+4.3%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly Total Liabilities since fiscal Q3 2025.
- Year-over-year, Total Liabilities increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 38.7%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Liabilities over five years came in fiscal Q1 2026 (growth of 91.2%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 23.4%).
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's Total Liabilities at $12.44 billion (Q4 2026), $13.5 billion (Q3 2026) and $12.64 billion (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Liabilities (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 466.81 Bn | 435.76 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.79 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 391.66 Bn | 263.79 Bn | - | 236.06 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 264.19 Bn | 191.97 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 34.68 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 198.99 Bn | 154.86 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 71.24 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 150.79 Bn | 129.25 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 19.15 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.74 Bn | 97.87 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 57.16 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 90.06 Bn | 69.41 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 17.79 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.78 Bn | 70.87 Bn | - | 18.26 Bn |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.10 Bn | 44.09 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 21.68 Bn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.54 Bn | 34.62 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 11.96 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 11.96 Bn |
| May 31, 2026 | 12.44 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 13.50 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 12.64 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 12.69 Bn |
| May 31, 2025 | 12.44 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 7.11 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 6.63 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 6.64 Bn |
| May 31, 2024 | 6.58 Bn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 9.28 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 8.53 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 8.61 Bn |
| May 31, 2023 | 7.05 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 7.20 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 6.01 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 5.99 Bn |
| May 31, 2022 | 6.55 Bn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 7.00 Bn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 6.57 Bn |
API Access
Paychex Total Liabilities 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-liabilities&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-liabilities", "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-liabilities&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();