Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) Cash Flow Statement

Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) generated $2.3B of operating cash flow over the twelve months to 2026-08-31, spent $269.4M on capital expenditure and had free cash flow of $2.0B, according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.

Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-08-31 · read by EquiReason

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Market cap: 42.0B
P/E TTM: 23.4
Dividend yield: 3.8%
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Next earnings: 17 Dec, in 54 days

Line	FY2010 May 10	FY2011 May 11	FY2012 May 12	FY2013 May 13	FY2014 May 14	FY2015 May 15	FY2016 May 16	FY2017 May 17	FY2018 May 18	FY2019 May 19	FY2020 May 20	FY2021 May 21	FY2022 May 22	FY2023 May 23	FY2024 May 24	FY2025 May 25	FY2026 May 26	TTM Aug 26
Operating cash flow	0.61	0.72	0.71	0.68	0.88	0.90	1.02	0.96	1.28	1.27	1.44	1.26	1.59	1.71	1.90	1.90	2.56	2.25
Capital expenditure	0.07	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.19	0.13	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.19	0.22	0.28	-0.27
Free cash flow	0.54	0.61	0.62	0.57	0.79	0.79	0.91	0.86	1.08	1.14	1.30	1.13	1.45	1.55	1.71	1.68	2.28	1.98
Dividends paid	0.45	0.45	0.46	0.48	0.51	0.55	0.61	0.66	0.74	0.83	0.89	0.91	1.00	1.18	1.32	1.45	1.59	—
Share repurchases	—	—	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.18	0.11	0.17	0.14	0.06	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.00	0.17	0.10	0.61	—
Stock-based compensation	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.11	0.10	—

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Paychex, Inc. — questions

What is Paychex, Inc.'s operating cash flow?: $2.3B over the twelve months to 2026-08-31.
How much does Paychex, Inc. spend on capital expenditure?: $269.4M over the twelve months to 2026-08-31.
What is Paychex, Inc.'s free cash flow?: $2.0B over the twelve months to 2026-08-31: operating cash flow minus capital expenditure.

Every figure on this page comes from Paychex, Inc.'s own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.

How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.

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