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Paychex (PAYX)

Nasdaq Industrials Human Resource & Employment Services S&P 500Nasdaq-100
$117.06
-2.44 (-2.04%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Paychex's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 06, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue$3.10B$3.31B$3.69B$3.95B$4.00B$4.55B$4.91B$5.13B$5.41B$6.30B
Cost of revenue—$1.02B$1.18B$1.28B$1.27B$1.36B$1.45B$1.48B$1.54B$1.67B
Gross profit—$2.30B$2.51B$2.67B$2.73B$3.20B$3.45B$3.65B$3.87B$4.63B
Selling, general & admin$979.70M$1.07B$1.22B$1.30B$1.32B$1.42B$1.52B$1.62B$1.82B$2.33B
Operating income$1.25B$1.29B$1.37B$1.46B$1.46B$1.84B$2.03B$2.17B$2.21B$2.51B
Interest expense$2.50M$3.90M$17.60M$38.80M$35.80M$36.60M$36.70M$37.30M$105.40M$269.50M
Pre-tax income$1.26B$1.30B$1.37B$1.44B$1.43B$1.82B$2.05B$2.22B$2.18B$2.31B
Income tax$432.80M$306.00M$333.60M$339.00M$336.70M$431.80M$490.90M$527.60M$518.60M$550.80M
Net income$826.30M$994.10M$1.03B$1.10B$1.10B$1.39B$1.56B$1.69B$1.66B$1.76B
EBITDA$1.38B$1.43B$1.55B$1.67B$1.65B$2.03B$2.21B$2.35B$2.42B$2.95B
EPS (basic)$2.30$2.77$2.88$3.06$3.05$3.86$4.32$4.69$4.60$4.90
EPS (diluted)$2.28$2.75$2.86$3.04$3.03$3.84$4.30$4.67$4.58$4.89
Diluted shares362.60M361.50M361.80M361.00M362.10M363.10M362.30M362.10M362.00M360.00M
Gross margin—69.3%68.1%67.6%68.2%70.2%70.4%71.2%71.5%73.4%
Operating margin40.4%39.0%37.1%36.9%36.5%40.4%41.4%42.4%40.8%39.8%
Net margin26.6%30.0%28.0%27.8%27.5%30.6%31.7%32.9%30.6%27.9%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash & equivalents$184.60M$358.20M$673.60M$905.20M$995.20M$370.00M$1.22B$1.47B$1.63B$1.09B
Short-term investments$138.80M$66.00M$39.00M$27.20M$36.70M$853.90M$373.40M$33.90M$34.50M$36.30M
Total current assets$5.27B$5.89B$5.68B$5.46B$6.17B$6.58B$7.53B$7.25B$8.92B$8.61B
Goodwill$657.10M$814.00M$1.78B$1.79B$1.82B$1.83B$1.83B$1.88B$4.51B$4.53B
Total assets$6.83B$7.92B$8.68B$8.55B$9.23B$9.64B$10.55B$10.38B$16.56B$16.17B
Total current liabilities$4.73B$5.30B$4.84B$4.43B$4.94B$5.27B$5.81B$5.31B$6.96B$6.84B
Short-term debt—$0—$5.10M$7.40M$8.70M$10.20M$0$399.80M$0
Long-term debt——$796.40M$796.80M$797.30M$797.70M$798.20M$798.60M$4.55B$4.56B
Total debt—$0$796.40M$801.90M$804.70M$806.40M$808.40M$798.60M$4.95B$4.56B
Total liabilities$4.88B$5.56B$6.06B$5.77B$6.28B$6.55B$7.05B$6.58B$12.44B$12.44B
Shareholders' equity$2.23B$2.36B$2.62B$2.78B$2.95B$3.09B$3.49B$3.80B$4.13B$3.74B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Operating cash flow$960.40M$1.28B$1.27B$1.44B$1.26B$1.59B$1.71B$1.90B$1.90B$2.56B
Capital expenditures$94.30M$154.00M$123.80M$127.00M$118.40M$133.80M$143.00M$161.40M$191.80M$234.90M
Free cash flow$866.10M$1.12B$1.15B$1.31B$1.14B$1.46B$1.56B$1.74B$1.71B$2.32B
Investing cash flow-$662.20M$998.50M-$1.63B$771.90M-$460.60M-$1.51B$211.70M-$260.90M-$3.36B-$1.15B
Financing cash flow-$482.70M-$423.80M-$1.01B-$1.49B-$636.40M-$979.30M-$711.40M-$1.87B$2.29B-$2.65B
Dividends paid$662.30M$739.70M$826.80M$889.40M$908.70M$999.60M$1.18B$1.32B$1.45B$1.59B
Share buybacks$166.20M$143.10M$56.90M$171.90M$155.70M$145.20M$0$169.20M$104.50M$611.00M
Stock-based compensation$35.40M$44.60M$46.20M$47.40M$52.50M$52.80M$62.60M$61.10M$111.80M$96.10M
Depreciation & amortization$126.90M$138.00M$181.50M$209.70M$192.00M$191.80M$176.60M$176.50M$209.50M$442.60M

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.