Investing
Investment Purchases
Paychex Investment Purchases increased by 49.2% to $4.17B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 26.2%, from $3.30B to $4.17B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 23.8% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionInvesting
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2013
Last reportedQ1 2026
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.
Detailed definition
The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...
Peer comparison
Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.
Metric ID:
purchases_of_investmentsHistorical Data
20 periods
| 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 | $1.14B | $247.50M | $1.64B | $5.56B | $10.36B | $3.81B | $2.70B | $6.09B | $1.99B | $1.92B | $1.38B | $2.70B | $861.10M | $1.03B | $4.14B | $3.30B | $5.83B | $3.73B | $2.80B | $4.17B |
| QoQ Change | — | -78.4% | +563.6% | +238.6% | +86.3% | -63.2% | -29.2% | +125.7% | -67.3% | -3.5% | -28.2% | +95.9% | -68.2% | +19.6% | +301.9% | -20.2% | +76.4% | -36.0% | -25.1% | +49.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +806.0% | >999% | +64.2% | +9.5% | -80.8% | -49.5% | -48.8% | -55.6% | -56.8% | -46.5% | +199.9% | +22.2% | +577.0% | +262.4% | -32.4% | +26.2% |
Range$247.50M – $10.36B
CAGR+31.3%
Avg YoY Growth+189.7%
Median YoY Growth+15.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Paychex's investment purchases?
- Paychex (PAYX) reported investment purchases of $4.17B in Q4 2025.
- How has Paychex's investment purchases changed year-over-year?
- Paychex's investment purchases increased by 26.2% year-over-year, from $3.30B to $4.17B.
- What is the long-term trend for Paychex's investment purchases?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Paychex's investment purchases has grown at a 23.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.09B to $14.30B.
- What does investment purchases mean?
- The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.