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Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.30Revenue estimate 1.62B
Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.30Revenue estimate 1.62B
Paychex cash flow statement 1990–2027What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
Paychex's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 2.02B USD: operating cash flow of 2.25B USD less 235.10M USD of capital spending. That is 30.5% of its revenue and 5.62 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 31 Aug 2026 | FY2026 31 May 2026 | FY2025 31 May 2025 | FY2024 31 May 2024 | FY2023 31 May 2023 | FY2022 31 May 2022 | FY2021 31 May 2021 | FY2020 31 May 2020 | FY2019 31 May 2019 | FY2018 31 May 2018 | FY2017 31 May 2017 | FY2016 31 May 2016 | FY2015 31 May 2015 | FY2014 31 May 2014 | FY2013 31 May 2013 | FY2012 31 May 2012 | FY2011 31 May 2011 | FY2010 31 May 2010 | FY2009 31 May 2009 | FY2008 31 May 2008 | FY2007 31 May 2007 | FY2006 31 May 2006 | FY2005 31 May 2005 | FY2004 31 May 2004 | FY2003 31 May 2003 | FY2002 31 May 2002 | FY2001 31 May 2001 | FY2000 31 May 2000 | FY1999 31 May 1999 | FY1998 31 May 1998 | FY1997 31 May 1997 | FY1996 31 May 1996 | FY1995 31 May 1995 | FY1994 31 May 1994 | FY1993 31 May 1993 | FY1992 31 May 1992 | FY1991 31 May 1991 | FY1990 31 May 1990 |
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Net income | 1.81B | 1.76B | 1.66B | 1.69B | 1.56B | 1.39B | 1.10B | 1.10B | 1.03B | 933.70M | 817.30M | 756.80M | 674.90M | 627.50M | 569.00M | 548.00M | 515.30M | 477.00M | 533.55M | 576.15M | 515.45M | 464.91M | 368.85M | 302.95M | 293.45M | 274.53M | 254.87M | 190.01M | 139.10M | 102.20M | 75.20M | 52.30M | 39.00M | 28.10M | 20.00M | 13.70M | 9.60M | 8.60M |
Depreciation and amortization | 443.10M | 442.60M | 209.50M | 176.50M | 176.60M | 191.80M | 192.00M | 209.70M | 181.50M | 138.00M | 126.90M | 115.10M | 106.60M | 105.00M | 98.20M | 97.80M | 88.70M | 86.45M | 108.73M | 99.65M | 96.99M | 94.41M | 91.86M | 82.79M | 64.56M | 47.39M | 39.14M | 36.48M | 32.90M | 27.30M | 21.40M | 13.90M | 11.00M | 11.20M | 10.70M | 9.80M | 8.40M | 7.30M |
Stock-based compensation | — | 96.10M | 111.80M | 61.10M | 62.60M | 52.80M | 52.50M | 47.40M | 46.20M | 44.60M | 35.40M | 34.60M | 31.40M | 26.30M | 22.80M | 22.90M | 24.80M | 25.58M | 25.71M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -417.60M | -124.10M | -280.70M | -280.40M | -317.90M | -368.40M | -294.70M | -133.70M | -227.80M | 72.00M | -104.10M | 26.50M | 8.90M | 54.80M | -77.00M | -16.50M | 33.50M | -27.39M | 20.88M | 23.14M | -28.93M | 4.84M | -8.91M | -19.61M | 16.48M | -31.48M | 13.53M | 19.72M | 3.50M | 7.60M | 6.10M | -6.70M | -2.70M | -5.10M | -1.40M | -600.00K | -2.70M | -1.60M |
Change in receivables | -165.40M | -114.00M | -109.90M | 114.10M | -123.60M | -269.90M | -272.90M | 55.10M | -112.40M | 13.60M | -103.70M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -19.90M | 0.00 | -14.00M | -400.00K | 0.00 | 21.40M | -33.90M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 109.80M | 291.40M | 67.90M | -127.00M | 67.40M | 151.80M | 169.00M | -4.90M | 77.50M | 47.20M | 48.90M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -362.00M | -301.50M | -238.70M | -267.50M | -241.80M | -250.30M | -176.80M | -183.50M | -192.90M | -10.20M | -15.40M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 305.40M | 278.30M | 269.00M | 279.90M | 264.80M | 234.20M | 234.00M | 223.40M | 232.50M | 68.90M | 77.30M | 78.10M | 77.50M | 72.20M | 57.00M | 42.70M | 39.40M | 53.15M | 1.04M | 28.48M | 66.24M | 13.76M | 6.47M | 31.96M | -10.44M | 9.63M | -6.01M | 5.60M | -1.00M | 700.00K | 1.20M | 400.00K | 800.00K | -100.00K | 700.00K | 100.00K | 800.00K | 100.00K |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 2.25B | 2.56B | 1.95B | 1.90B | 1.70B | 1.51B | 1.26B | 1.44B | 1.27B | 1.28B | 960.40M | 1.02B | 895.20M | 880.90M | 675.30M | 706.60M | 715.30M | 610.92M | 688.77M | 724.67M | 631.23M | 569.23M | 467.86M | 390.09M | 373.71M | 303.82M | 304.94M | 249.03M | 174.10M | 136.80M | 101.80M | 59.90M | 48.10M | 34.20M | 29.40M | 24.10M | 15.70M | 14.50M |
Operating cash flow growth | +5.48% | +31.04% | +2.81% | +11.67% | +12.88% | +19.46% | -12.53% | +13.32% | -0.38% | +32.90% | -5.68% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -235.10M | -234.90M | -191.80M | -161.40M | -143.00M | -132.60M | -114.60M | -127.00M | -123.80M | -154.00M | -94.30M | -97.70M | -102.80M | -84.10M | -98.70M | -89.60M | -103.30M | -61.26M | -64.71M | -82.29M | -79.02M | -81.14M | -70.69M | -50.56M | -60.21M | -54.38M | -45.25M | -32.89M | -22.10M | -28.20M | -18.00M | -17.00M | -12.30M | -11.30M | -8.70M | -13.40M | -17.40M | -15.40M |
Acquisitions | — | -400.00K | -3.29B | -208.30M | -2.70M | -24.90M | -19.50M | -6.10M | -991.50M | -180.40M | 0.00 | -296.10M | -27.10M | -9.30M | -21.30M | -6.00M | -126.40M | 13.05M | -6.47M | -32.94M | -3.10M | -726.00K | -444.00K | -13.21M | -492.59M | 14.00K | 32.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | -13.57B | -12.23B | -14.30B | -6.87B | -14.59B | -17.81B | -6.09B | -25.22B | -35.15B | -50.22B | -50.46B | -12.57B | -34.02B | -29.85B | -28.33B | -10.18B | -6.23B | -1.55B | -17.47B | -80.50B | -109.64B | -91.07B | -3.23B | -1.24B | -815.71M | -1.21B | -921.14M | -1.30B | -811.00M | -689.20M | -517.20M | -134.80M | -51.40M | -27.40M | -32.00M | -11.60M | -4.10M | -13.20M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 13.85B | 11.52B | 14.29B | 7.16B | 14.94B | 16.55B | 5.77B | 26.13B | 34.64B | 51.59B | 49.90B | 11.98B | 33.72B | 30.08B | 27.62B | 9.82B | 5.60B | 1.21B | 17.96B | 81.57B | 108.93B | 90.23B | 2.89B | 1.21B | 1.03B | 1.05B | 594.48M | 730.95M | 520.20M | 346.10M | 187.30M | 104.40M | 22.30M | 19.50M | 13.70M | 7.40M | 8.80M | 15.40M |
Other investing | -216.60M | -208.50M | -187.10M | -153.80M | 6.30M | -10.60M | -8.70M | -9.80M | -5.40M | -1.72B | 229.00M | 918.60M | 145.80M | -452.80M | 1.01B | -785.60M | 450.40M | -11.91M | -15.79M | -18.88M | 354.67M | 616.60M | 192.41M | -431.00K | 141.49M | 62.14M | 174.10M | 419.57M | 204.50M | 253.90M | 292.80M | -800.00K | -200.00K | 0.00 | -100.00K | -400.00K | -200.00K | -300.00K |
Investing cash flow | -185.50M | -1.15B | -3.68B | -260.90M | 218.50M | -1.42B | -460.60M | 771.90M | -1.63B | -679.00M | -424.60M | -63.10M | -285.00M | -316.10M | 181.70M | -1.24B | -409.50M | -401.32M | 404.46M | 933.17M | -440.90M | -310.05M | -222.46M | -91.33M | -198.46M | -151.26M | -197.78M | -184.17M | -108.40M | -117.40M | -55.10M | -48.20M | -41.60M | -19.20M | -27.10M | -18.00M | -12.90M | -13.50M |
Debt issued (repaid) | — | -418.80M | 4.13B | 9.00M | 2.00M | 1.30M | 2.30M | 5.10M | 796.30M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -34.90M | 0.00 | -346.00M | -198.65M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -400.00K | -200.00K | -700.00K | -400.00K | -400.00K | -600.00K | -600.00K |
Shares issued | — | -52.00M | 3.80M | 0.00 | -10.40M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.78M | 43.20M | 32.13M | 9.03M | 18.27M | 8.17M | 21.03M | 14.60M | 11.24M | 5.54M | 1.99M | 2.20M | 2.80M | 2.00M | 1.80M | 2.20M | 2.10M | 200.00K | 200.00K |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | — | -611.00M | -104.50M | -169.20M | 0.00 | -145.20M | -155.70M | -171.90M | -56.90M | -143.10M | -166.20M | -107.90M | -182.40M | -249.70M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -1.62B | -1.59B | -1.45B | -1.32B | -1.18B | -999.60M | -908.70M | -889.40M | -826.80M | -739.70M | -662.30M | -606.50M | -551.80M | -510.60M | -476.70M | -460.50M | -448.80M | -448.56M | -447.73M | -442.15M | -301.31M | -231.55M | -192.98M | -177.41M | -165.45M | -157.48M | -123.11M | -81.58M | -54.06M | -35.87M | -24.10M | -15.00M | -9.90M | -6.60M | -4.40M | -3.00M | -2.50M | -2.00M |
Other financing | -528.80M | 17.60M | -21.00M | -399.20M | 472.00M | 164.20M | 425.70M | -432.00M | -921.10M | 459.00M | 345.80M | -279.20M | 141.50M | 240.70M | -381.80M | 988.00M | 12.60M | 50.46M | 9.03M | 67.84M | 9.72M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -69.00K | -80.00K | -119.00K | 5.40M | 2.60M | -100.00K | 100.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Financing cash flow | -3.05B | -2.65B | 2.56B | -1.87B | -711.40M | -979.30M | -636.40M | -1.49B | -1.01B | -423.80M | -482.70M | -993.60M | -592.70M | -519.60M | -858.50M | 527.50M | -471.10M | -398.05M | -784.70M | -1.57B | -248.40M | -199.43M | -183.95M | -159.14M | -157.28M | -136.45M | -108.51M | -70.41M | -48.60M | -34.00M | -16.50M | -10.00M | -8.20M | -5.40M | -2.60M | -1.30M | -2.90M | -2.40M |
Net change in cash | -978.70M | -1.25B | 837.30M | -237.90M | 1.21B | -894.70M | 163.30M | 724.60M | -1.37B | 173.60M | 53.10M | -38.50M | 17.50M | 45.20M | -1.50M | -10.20M | -165.30M | -188.45M | 308.53M | 84.88M | -58.07M | 59.75M | 61.45M | 139.62M | 17.97M | 16.11M | -1.35M | -5.56M | 17.10M | -14.60M | 30.20M | 1.70M | -1.70M | -5.40M | -2.60M | -1.30M | -2.90M | -2.40M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 2.02B | 2.32B | 1.76B | 1.74B | 1.56B | 1.37B | 1.15B | 1.31B | 1.15B | 1.12B | 866.10M | 920.50M | 792.40M | 796.80M | 576.60M | 617.00M | 612.00M | 549.66M | 624.06M | 642.38M | 552.21M | 488.09M | 397.17M | 339.52M | 313.50M | 249.44M | 259.69M | 216.14M | 152.00M | 108.60M | 83.80M | 42.90M | 35.80M | 22.90M | 20.70M | 10.70M | -1.70M | -900.00K |
Free cash flow growth | +4.89% | +31.97% | +1.32% | +11.56% | +13.37% | +19.83% | -12.80% | +14.48% | +2.25% | +29.59% | -5.91% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 30.54% | 35.65% | 31.58% | 32.90% | 31.08% | 29.77% | 28.24% | 32.52% | 30.42% | 33.20% | 27.48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 5.62 | 6.45 | 4.86 | 4.80 | 4.30 | 3.78 | 3.16 | 3.64 | 3.17 | 3.10 | 2.39 | 2.54 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 1.58 | 1.70 | 1.69 | 1.52 | 1.73 | 1.74 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.05 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 | -0.01 | -0.00 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +5.73% | +32.71% | +1.35% | +11.62% | +13.62% | +19.50% | -13.07% | +14.73% | +2.17% | +29.99% | -5.94% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | 37.50M | 36.20M | 35.70M | 35.50M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | — | 0.00 | 512.40M | 539.50M | 525.80M | 397.70M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q1 FY2027 31 Aug 2026 | Q4 FY2026 31 May 2026 | Q3 FY2026 28 Feb 2026 | Q2 FY2026 30 Nov 2025 | Q1 FY2026 31 Aug 2025 | Q4 FY2025 31 May 2025 | Q3 FY2025 28 Feb 2025 | Q2 FY2025 30 Nov 2024 | Q1 FY2025 31 Aug 2024 | Q4 FY2024 31 May 2024 | Q3 FY2024 29 Feb 2024 | Q2 FY2024 30 Nov 2023 | Q1 FY2024 31 Aug 2023 | Q4 FY2023 31 May 2023 | Q3 FY2023 28 Feb 2023 | Q2 FY2023 30 Nov 2022 | Q1 FY2023 31 Aug 2022 | Q4 FY2022 31 May 2022 | Q3 FY2022 28 Feb 2022 | Q2 FY2022 30 Nov 2021 | Q1 FY2022 31 Aug 2021 | Q4 FY2021 31 May 2021 | Q3 FY2021 28 Feb 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Nov 2020 | Q1 FY2021 31 Aug 2020 | Q4 FY2020 31 May 2020 | Q3 FY2020 29 Feb 2020 | Q2 FY2020 30 Nov 2019 | Q1 FY2020 31 Aug 2019 | Q4 FY2019 31 May 2019 | Q3 FY2019 28 Feb 2019 | Q2 FY2019 30 Nov 2018 | Q1 FY2019 31 Aug 2018 | Q4 FY2018 31 May 2018 | Q3 FY2018 28 Feb 2018 | Q2 FY2018 30 Nov 2017 | Q1 FY2018 31 Aug 2017 | Q4 FY2017 31 May 2017 | Q3 FY2017 28 Feb 2017 | Q2 FY2017 30 Nov 2016 |
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Net income | 429.70M | 420.60M | 560.30M | 395.40M | 383.80M | 297.20M | 519.30M | 413.40M | 427.40M | 379.90M | 498.60M | 392.70M | 419.20M | 350.40M | 467.40M | 360.30M | 379.20M | 296.40M | 430.70M | 332.10M | 333.60M | 263.00M | 350.50M | 272.40M | 211.60M | 220.70M | 354.50M | 258.70M | 264.20M | 230.40M | 324.60M | 235.80M | 243.60M | 228.50M | 260.40M | 217.00M | 227.80M | 195.30M | 202.50M | 202.10M |
Depreciation and amortization | 109.80M | 113.20M | 111.00M | 109.10M | 109.30M | 85.70M | 43.10M | 41.70M | 39.00M | 45.60M | 44.80M | 44.90M | 41.20M | 44.10M | 44.20M | 44.30M | 44.00M | 49.10M | 48.40M | 48.60M | 45.70M | 47.40M | 46.40M | 48.60M | 49.60M | 51.70M | 50.10M | 55.00M | 52.90M | 55.80M | 53.00M | 36.80M | 35.90M | 35.70M | 36.60M | 33.70M | 32.00M | 36.20M | 31.00M | 30.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 19.30M | 0.00 | -3.70M | 52.30M | 26.80M | 0.00 | 17.60M | 16.40M | 16.50M | 16.00M | 14.40M | 14.70M | 16.00M | 16.60M | 16.30M | 15.30M | 14.40M | 13.60M | 12.80M | 14.00M | 12.40M | 14.40M | 12.60M | 12.20M | 13.30M | 10.90M | 12.70M | 13.30M | 10.50M | 12.60M | 10.80M | 11.90M | 10.90M | 15.20M | 10.30M | 10.40M | 8.70M | 8.90M | 8.90M | 8.50M |
Change in working capital | -227.00M | -56.00M | 18.50M | -153.10M | 66.50M | -139.00M | 86.20M | -11.00M | 11.00M | -307.20M | 67.00M | -162.70M | 122.50M | -56.30M | 21.40M | -110.00M | -139.20M | -88.60M | 64.90M | -280.90M | -70.90M | 26.50M | -33.30M | -172.80M | -115.10M | 51.20M | 16.80M | -115.20M | -86.50M | -89.40M | -9.00M | -83.90M | -34.10M | -20.20M | 206.40M | -112.30M | -1.90M | -75.90M | 118.80M | -151.70M |
Change in receivables | -76.40M | -37.80M | -13.00M | -38.20M | -25.00M | -10.70M | -30.20M | -32.20M | -36.40M | 116.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | -56.70M | 59.40M | 109.70M | -2.60M | 124.90M | -39.90M | 101.10M | -58.90M | 65.60M | -311.20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -93.90M | -77.60M | -78.20M | -112.30M | -33.40M | -88.40M | 15.30M | 80.10M | -18.20M | -112.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 72.40M | 98.40M | 104.60M | 30.00M | 66.00M | 161.20M | 56.40M | -167.00M | 63.20M | 96.30M | 61.40M | 24.90M | 60.10M | 72.90M | 65.20M | 63.30M | 63.40M | 67.70M | 58.30M | 62.00M | 53.30M | 52.80M | 63.60M | 60.50M | 57.10M | 50.00M | 59.00M | 57.00M | 57.40M | 56.70M | 146.40M | 14.60M | 14.80M | 15.60M | 17.70M | 17.80M | 17.80M | 19.00M | 18.70M | 19.90M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 413.50M | 580.90M | 812.50M | 444.90M | 718.40M | 405.40M | 716.00M | 295.00M | 546.10M | 221.70M | 671.70M | 311.30M | 655.80M | 409.30M | 604.20M | 355.40M | 364.30M | 337.20M | 612.90M | 169.80M | 385.60M | 389.70M | 439.90M | 215.70M | 215.00M | 388.20M | 488.10M | 269.80M | 294.80M | 266.70M | 525.60M | 223.50M | 273.70M | 287.50M | 469.50M | 175.80M | 343.60M | 191.10M | 355.90M | 118.70M |
Operating cash flow growth | -42.44% | +43.29% | +13.48% | +50.81% | +31.55% | +82.86% | +6.60% | -5.24% | -16.73% | -45.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -56.10M | -65.90M | -51.00M | -62.10M | -55.90M | -60.50M | -48.70M | -47.00M | -35.60M | -45.60M | -46.00M | -40.70M | -38.70M | -46.00M | -31.10M | -35.30M | -30.60M | -33.30M | -34.70M | -34.20M | -30.40M | -27.70M | -32.30M | -33.90M | -20.70M | -35.10M | -32.00M | -33.50M | -26.40M | -35.80M | -27.20M | -36.40M | -24.40M | -32.00M | -26.50M | -77.50M | -18.00M | -27.50M | -20.00M | -26.50M |
Acquisitions | -18.10M | 0.00 | -100.00K | -100.00K | -200.00K | -3.29B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -300.00K | -208.00M | 1.60M | -4.30M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -24.00M | 0.00 | -3.80M | -19.50M | 3.80M | 0.00 | 200.00K | -6.30M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -7.40M | -984.10M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.90M | -160.60M | -9.70M | -8.20M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | -5.07B | -1.53B | -4.17B | -2.80B | -3.73B | -5.83B | -3.30B | -4.09B | -1.07B | -861.10M | -2.70B | -1.38B | -1.92B | -1.99B | -6.09B | -2.73B | -3.81B | -10.36B | -5.56B | -1.64B | -247.50M | -1.14B | -731.10M | -1.74B | -2.48B | -3.37B | -8.31B | -5.25B | -8.29B | -8.90B | -5.00B | -10.13B | -11.12B | -13.80B | -16.10B | -11.68B | -8.65B | -14.43B | -12.37B | -8.89B |
Sales and maturities of investments | 4.88B | 1.46B | 4.25B | 3.26B | 2.55B | 5.79B | 3.34B | 4.15B | 1.01B | 815.60M | 2.74B | 1.41B | 2.20B | 1.89B | 5.42B | 2.56B | 5.07B | 10.14B | 4.88B | 1.28B | 256.90M | 1.32B | 675.20M | 1.52B | 2.26B | 3.81B | 8.16B | 5.31B | 8.86B | 7.85B | 5.42B | 10.07B | 11.30B | 14.43B | 16.45B | 11.82B | 8.89B | 14.29B | 11.42B | 9.28B |
Other investing | -70.10M | -98.20M | -25.60M | -22.70M | -62.00M | -4.00M | 37.60M | -202.60M | -12.60M | -52.00M | 3.00M | -81.60M | -6.50M | 1.20M | 4.00M | 6.70M | -5.60M | -300.00K | -3.60M | -6.30M | -1.30M | -5.10M | -2.20M | -800.00K | -600.00K | -1.60M | -4.00M | -2.50M | -1.70M | -1.90M | -987.60M | 222.40M | 761.70M | -1.30B | 606.30M | -92.00M | -930.10M | 697.20M | -678.50M | -47.00M |
Investing cash flow | -335.80M | -227.40M | 1.40M | 376.30M | -1.30B | -3.40B | 21.00M | -192.70M | -110.00M | -143.10M | -8.10M | -96.50M | 24.00M | -143.90M | -699.20M | -195.30M | 1.22B | -252.80M | -716.70M | -429.10M | -22.30M | 139.70M | -109.90M | -254.10M | -236.30M | 407.50M | -200.80M | 20.50M | 544.70M | -1.09B | -1.58B | 120.30M | 918.50M | -703.40M | 775.50M | -40.10M | -711.00M | 522.50M | -1.65B | 317.60M |
Debt issued (repaid) | 0.00 | -400.00M | -18.80M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.13B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20M | 0.00 | 3.80M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00M | 0.00 | -200.00K | 1.80M | -300.00K | 400.00K | 100.00K | 800.00K | 1.00M | -46.10M | -100.00K | -5.20M | 56.50M | -57.30M | 0.00 | 600.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 | -75.70M | 76.20M | 57.20M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.80M |
Shares issued | -23.60M | 1.70M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -9.10M | 4.90M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00M | 8.10M | 0.00 | 4.00M | 1.80M | 2.90M | 0.00 | -19.20M | 0.00 | 12.00M | 9.80M | -5.70M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.40M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | 0.00 | -249.40M | -75.00M | -126.50M | -160.10M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -500.00K | -104.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -169.20M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -145.20M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -79.70M | -47.20M | 0.00 | -28.80M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -171.90M | -24.10M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -32.80M | -49.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -94.10M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -166.20M |
Dividends paid | -424.10M | -424.60M | -388.00M | -387.90M | -389.10M | -389.30M | -353.00M | -352.80M | -353.40M | -352.80M | -320.40M | -320.20M | -321.90M | -320.90M | -284.80M | -284.70M | -284.60M | -284.70M | -238.50M | -238.30M | -238.10M | -238.20M | -223.80M | -223.50M | -223.20M | -222.60M | -222.50M | -222.30M | -222.00M | -222.90M | -201.20M | -201.30M | -201.40M | -201.00M | -179.80M | -179.80M | -179.10M | -165.40M | -165.40M | -165.20M |
Other financing | -458.90M | -719.00M | 717.10M | -68.00M | 33.80M | -404.10M | 345.40M | 61.90M | -27.60M | -2.37B | 614.60M | -47.70M | 1.38B | -173.80M | 1.11B | 43.30M | -507.90M | -516.00M | 496.20M | 135.50M | 32.40M | -441.00M | 855.40M | 86.70M | -130.80M | -941.00M | 587.70M | -4.30M | -75.80M | -1.63B | 2.51B | -72.60M | -876.10M | 700.20M | -922.80M | -9.30M | 633.20M | -553.50M | 1.48B | -121.70M |
Financing cash flow | -906.60M | -1.79B | 235.30M | -582.40M | -515.40M | 3.33B | -2.70M | -291.40M | -485.00M | -2.71B | 307.50M | -537.10M | 1.07B | -492.90M | 832.60M | -241.40M | -809.70M | -945.90M | 269.50M | -91.20M | -211.70M | -758.50M | 584.50M | -79.60M | -382.80M | -1.21B | 365.20M | -231.80M | -413.20M | -1.94B | 2.30B | -273.30M | -1.11B | 450.20M | -1.18B | -112.90M | 417.20M | -718.90M | 1.31B | -401.30M |
Net change in cash | -828.90M | -1.44B | 1.05B | 238.80M | -1.10B | 63.60M | 734.30M | -189.10M | -48.90M | -217.90M | 971.10M | -322.30M | 1.75B | -227.50M | 737.60M | -81.30M | 777.70M | -861.50M | 165.70M | -350.50M | 151.60M | -229.10M | 914.50M | -118.00M | -404.10M | -412.70M | 652.50M | 58.50M | 426.30M | -2.76B | 3.19B | 70.50M | 81.90M | 34.30M | 66.70M | 22.80M | 49.80M | -5.30M | 24.90M | 35.00M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 357.40M | 515.00M | 761.50M | 382.80M | 662.50M | 344.90M | 667.30M | 248.00M | 510.50M | 176.10M | 625.70M | 270.60M | 617.10M | 363.30M | 573.10M | 320.10M | 333.70M | 303.90M | 578.20M | 135.60M | 355.20M | 362.00M | 407.60M | 181.80M | 194.30M | 353.10M | 456.10M | 236.30M | 268.40M | 230.90M | 498.40M | 187.10M | 249.30M | 255.50M | 443.00M | 98.30M | 325.60M | 163.60M | 335.90M | 92.20M |
Free cash flow growth | -46.05% | +49.32% | +14.12% | +54.35% | +29.77% | +95.85% | +6.65% | -8.35% | -17.27% | -51.53% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 21.92% | 32.08% | 42.10% | 24.58% | 43.02% | 24.16% | 44.22% | 18.83% | 38.72% | 13.60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 1.00 | 1.44 | 2.11 | 1.06 | 1.83 | 0.95 | 1.84 | 0.69 | 1.41 | 0.49 | 1.73 | 0.75 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 1.59 | 0.37 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.12 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.98 | 1.26 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.64 | 1.38 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 1.22 | 0.27 | 0.90 | 0.45 | 0.93 | 0.25 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -45.25% | +51.03% | +14.56% | +54.65% | +29.77% | +95.58% | +6.56% | -8.28% | -17.07% | -51.46% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Paychex's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling Prep