Discontinued — last reported Q3 '25
Paychex Amortization of deferred commissions increased by 2.3% to $62.80M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.9%, from $59.30M to $62.80M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Amortization of deferred commissions shows an upward trend with a 5.4% CAGR.
An increase reflects a growing base of capitalized sales costs, often tied to past successful customer acquisition efforts.
This metric tracks the non-cash expense related to the amortization of sales commissions that were previously capitalize...
Standard for SaaS companies following ASC 606/340-40 accounting standards.
amortization_of_deferred_commissions| Q1 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $48.40M | $49.10M | $50.00M | $51.10M | $51.90M | $53.00M | $54.50M | $55.50M | $56.10M | $57.20M | $57.90M | $58.30M | $58.30M | $58.50M | $58.80M | $59.30M | $59.90M | $60.40M | $61.40M | $62.80M |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.4% | +1.8% | +2.2% | +1.6% | +2.1% | +2.8% | +1.8% | +1.1% | +2.0% | +1.2% | +0.7% | +0.0% | +0.3% | +0.5% | +0.9% | +1.0% | +0.8% | +1.7% | +2.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +7.2% | +7.9% | +9.0% | +8.6% | +8.1% | +7.9% | +6.2% | +5.0% | +3.9% | +2.3% | +1.6% | +1.7% | +2.7% | +3.2% | +4.4% | +5.9% |