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Over the five-year period Paychex’s balance sheet expanded materially: total assets rose from $9.23 billion in 2021 to $16.56 billion in 2025 (≈+79.5%). That growth was especially pronounced in 2025, when assets jumped ≈59.6% year-over-year. Total liabilities increased even more sharply, from $6.28 billion to $12.44 billion (≈+98.1%), with an outsized rise in 2025 (≈+88.9% YoY). Stockholders’ equity grew more modestly, from $2.95 billion to $4.13 billion (≈+40.0%), with steady but much smaller annual increases compared with liabilities. The net effect is higher leverage and a shift in balance-sheet mix: liabilities as a share of assets climbed from about 68.0% in 2021 to ~75.1% in 2025, while equity’s share fell from ~32.0% to ~24.9%. The liabilities-to-equity ratio rose from ~2.13x to ~3.01x, indicating the company financed the recent expansion largely with liabilities rather than equity. In Paychex’s payroll/outsourcing context, a large 2025 increase in liabilities could reflect growth in client payroll balances, financing or an acquisition that brought significant assumed liabilities; the 2024 dip in assets and liabilities (with equity rising) suggests some transient rebalancing or liability paydown prior to the 2025 expansion. Going forward, monitoring cash flow generation, the nature of the added liabilities, and margin/return on equity will be important to assess whether the higher leverage is supporting sustainable, profitable growth.
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