Paychex, Inc.

PAYX Technology Software Application

Paychex, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $6.5 billion, up 16.9% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+5.88%
EPS
+13.1%
Free cash flow
−46.1%
Total debt
−8.27%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

116.91 2.59 −2.17%
Market cap
$42.5B
P/E
23.6×
Fwd P/E
20.4×
Dividend yield
4.81%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.88
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
60/100

Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Total debt

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Paychex, Inc.'s total debt at the end of fiscal 2026 was $4.6B, down 8.27% from $5.0B in fiscal 2025. At the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 it was $4.6B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $796.4M (fiscal 2019) to $5.0B (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 88% of that period. Paychex, Inc. ranks 13th of 220 Software Application companies by total debt.

Total debt, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Total debt Change
FY2026 $4.6B (8.27%)
FY2025 $5.0B 507.71%
FY2024 $817.3M 1.10%
FY2023 $808.4M 0.25%
FY2022 $806.4M 0.21%
FY2021 $804.7M 0.35%
FY2020 $801.9M 0.69%
FY2019 $796.4M —

Quarterly newest first

Period Total debt Change
Aug 2026 $4.6B 0.04%
May 2026 $4.6B (8.03%)
Feb 2026 $5.0B (0.33%)
Nov 2025 $5.0B 0.03%
35 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $796.4M High $5.0B
Ten-year median $807.4M
Current reading's percentile 88

Total debt against peers

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Total Debt tells an investor how much a company has borrowed in all, whether the money is due within a year or later.

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