Paychex Inc 's ROA from the first quarter of 2026 to the first quarter of 2026 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is Paychex Inc 's ROA in the first quarter of 2026?
Paychex Inc achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 11.05 % in its first quarter of 2026, which is below Paychex Inc 's average return on assets, which stands at 11.42%.

ROA has improved compared to 10.68% in the fourth quarter of 2026, due to net income growth.

However, within the Services sector 64 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the Aug 31 2026 quarter, so far to 626, from total ROA ranking in the fourth quarter of 2026 at 659.

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Return On Assets	(Aug 31 2026) I. Quarter	(May 31 2026) IV. Quarter	(Feb 28 2026) III. Quarter	(Nov 30 2025) II. Quarter	(Aug 31 2025) I. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	-3.52 %	0.57 %	56.05 %	62.32 %	227.97 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	11.96 %	41.52 %	7.9 %	-4.35 %	-10.2 %
Net Income (TTM) in million	1,806	1,760	1,637	1,596	1,614
Return On Assets (TTM)	11.05 %	10.68 %	9.94 %	10.72 %	12.09 %
PAYX's Total Ranking	# 626	# 659	# 506	# 399	# 311
Total Assets (TTM) in million	15,606	16,175	17,511	16,083	16,176
Seq. Total Assets Change	-3.52 %	-7.63 %	8.88 %	-0.57 %	0.57 %
Seq. Net Income Change	2.16 %	-24.93 %	41.7 %	3.02 %	29.14 %

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 18
Sector	# 65
Overall	# 556

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
16.39 %	11.42 %	8.78 %
(Feb 28 2025)		(Nov. 30, 2006)

Financial Statements
Paychex Inc 's Assets	$ 15,606 million	PAYX's Balance sheet
Paychex Inc 's Income	$ 430 million	Quarterly PAYX's Income Statement
PAYX's Income by Division		See PAYX's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(May 31 2026) FY 2026	(May 31 2025) FY 2025	(May 31 2024) FY 2024	(May 31 2023) FY 2023	(May 31 2022) FY 2022
Y / Y Total Assets Change	5.38 %	62.32 %	-1.67 %	9.48 %	4.05 %
Total Assets in million	16,949	16,083	9,908	10,077	9,204
Y / Y Net Income Change	6.2 %	-1.96 %	8.55 %	11.81 %	26.91 %
Net Income in million	1,760	1,657	1,690	1,557	1,393
Annual Return On Assets	10.38 %	10.3 %	17.06 %	15.45 %	15.13 %

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Comment on PAYX's ROA in the fiscal year ending 2026

In the fiscal year 2026 ROA improved to 10.38 % compared to prior year, due to annual net income growth of 6.2 % to $1,760.10 million, while value of Paychex Inc 's overall assets grew just by 5.38 % to $16,948.50 million, compared to $16,948.50 a year before.

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Paychex Inc	10.96 %
Scholastic Corporation	3.15 %

Date modified: 2026-09-25T05:01:51+00:00

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