$PAYX
PAYCHEX INC Stock $payx

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2020 Q2 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000072353120000048 Filed on July 17, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q2	2019 Q2	2019 Q1
Revenue	$915.1M	$980.4M	$1.070B
YoY Change	-6.66%	15.93%	14.35%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin	$363.1M	$373.0M	$315.8M
YoY Change	-2.65%	17.63%	7.09%
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$51.70M	$55.80M	$32.10M
YoY Change	-7.35%	56.3%	1.9%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$615.5M	$665.9M	$641.1M
YoY Change	-7.57%	22.5%	13.05%
Operating Profit	$299.6M	$314.5M	$429.3M
YoY Change	-4.74%	4.1%	16.34%
Interest Expense	-$8.000M	-$4.000M	$6.700M
YoY Change	100.0%	-260.0%	509.09%
% of Operating Profit	-2.67%	-1.27%	1.56%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$9.200M		-$100.0K
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$291.6M	$310.5M	$425.6M
YoY Change	-6.09%	1.94%	14.62%
Income Tax	$70.90M	$80.10M	$101.0M
% Of Pretax Income	24.31%	25.8%	23.73%
Net Earnings	$220.7M	$230.4M	$324.6M
YoY Change	-4.21%	5.83%	-11.6%
Net Earnings / Revenue	24.12%	23.5%	30.33%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.62	$0.64	$0.90
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.61	$0.64	$0.90
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	358.7M	359.4M	359.2M
Diluted Shares Outstanding	360.7M	362.5M	361.6M

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q2	2019 Q2	2019 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$932.0M	$713.0M	$732.0M
YoY Change	30.72%	68.16%	73.87%
Cash & Equivalents	$905.2M	$673.6M	$696.4M
Short-Term Investments	$27.00M	$39.00M	$36.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$3.742B	$4.111B	$5.715B
YoY Change	-8.98%	-16.87%	41.25%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$764.0M	$827.0M	$821.0M
Other Receivables	$26.00M	$27.00M	$24.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$5.465B	$5.678B	$7.292B
YoY Change	-3.75%	-3.66%	44.42%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$407.4M	$408.7M	$404.7M
YoY Change	-0.32%	3.86%	1.94%
Goodwill	$1.791B	$1.783B	$1.782B
YoY Change	0.48%	118.99%
Intangibles	$330.6M	$399.1M	$420.9M
YoY Change	-17.16%	182.25%
Long-Term Investments	$10.00M	$10.00M	$20.00M
YoY Change	0.0%	-96.62%	-95.06%
Other Assets	$38.20M	$24.90M	$18.40M
YoY Change	53.41%	51.83%	-68.81%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.086B	$2.998B	$3.071B
YoY Change	2.93%	48.3%	71.18%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$5.465B	$5.678B	$7.292B
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.086B	$2.998B	$3.071B
Total Assets	$8.551B	$8.676B	$10.36B
YoY Change	-1.44%	9.61%	51.44%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$79.40M	$75.90M	$73.90M
YoY Change	4.61%	2.99%	2.64%
Accrued Expenses	$681.0M	$725.0M	$840.0M
YoY Change	-6.07%	125.86%	135.96%
Deferred Revenue	$39.20M	$40.30M	$39.40M
YoY Change	-2.73%	16.47%
Short-Term Debt	$5.100M	$0.00	$53.60M
YoY Change			-7.59%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$4.427B	$4.845B	$6.550B
YoY Change	-8.63%	-8.53%	41.65%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$796.8M	$796.4M	$800.0M
YoY Change	0.05%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$174.4M	$151.7M	$165.7M
YoY Change	14.96%	70.26%	25.53%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$971.2M	$948.1M	$965.7M
YoY Change	2.44%	964.09%	631.59%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$4.427B	$4.845B	$6.550B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$971.2M	$948.1M	$965.7M
Total Liabilities	$5.769B	$6.057B	$7.765B
YoY Change	-4.74%	8.96%	61.87%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$1.431B	$1.410B	$1.426B
YoY Change	1.55%	11.63%
Common Stock	$1.294B	$1.210B	$1.192B
YoY Change	6.91%	7.03%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$2.781B	$2.620B	$2.598B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.551B	$8.676B	$10.36B
YoY Change	-1.44%	9.61%	51.44%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q2	2019 Q2	2019 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$220.7M	$230.4M	$324.6M
YoY Change	-4.21%	5.83%	-11.6%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$51.70M	$55.80M	$32.10M
YoY Change	-7.35%	56.3%	1.9%
Cash From Operating Activities	$388.2M	$248.7M	$525.6M
YoY Change	56.09%	-13.5%	11.95%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$36.70M	-$37.60M	-$29.70M
YoY Change	-2.39%	-42.24%	2.06%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$444.2M	-$1.052B	-$562.6M
YoY Change	-142.22%	-266.97%	-146.35%
Cash From Investing Activities	$407.5M	-$1.090B	-$592.3M
YoY Change	-137.4%	-292.87%	-150.0%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.208B	-1.929B	2.304B
YoY Change	-37.37%	-528.54%	-295.57%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	388.2M	248.7M	525.6M
Cash From Investing Activities	407.5M	-1.090B	-592.3M
Cash From Financing Activities	-1.208B	-1.929B	2.304B
Net Change In Cash	-412.7M	-2.770B	2.238B
YoY Change	-85.1%	-312.66%	370.3%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$388.2M	$248.7M	$525.6M
Capital Expenditures	-$36.70M	-$37.60M	-$29.70M
Free Cash Flow	$424.9M	$286.3M	$555.3M
YoY Change	48.41%	-18.8%	11.37%

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CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.33in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: italic;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Description of business:</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> Paychex, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Paychex”) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management (“HCM”) solutions for human resources (“HR”), payroll, benefits, and insurance services for small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States (“U.S.”). </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">The Company also has operations in parts of Europe. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 12pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.33in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Paychex, a Delaware corporation formed in 1979</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">, reports as </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">one</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> segment. </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is generated within the U.S. The Company also generates revenue within parts of Europe, which represented </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">one</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> percent of the Company’s total revenue for each of the fiscal years ended May 31, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”) and May 31, 2019 (“fiscal 2019”), and less than </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">one</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> percent for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 (“fiscal 2018”). Long-lived assets in Europe </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">were </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">approximately </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">five</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> percent </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">of total long-lived assets of the Company as of both</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> May 31, 2020 and May 31, 2019, respectively.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 12pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.33in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Within Paychex’s HCM solutions, Paychex offers a comprehensive portfolio of services and products that allow its clients to meet their diverse HR and payroll needs. Clients can select services on an á la carte basis or as part of various product bundles. Paychex’s offerings often leverage the information gathered in its base payroll processing service, allowing the Company to provide comprehensive outsourcing services covering the HCM spectrum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 12pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.33in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Paychex supports its small business clients utilizing its proprietary, robust, software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) Paychex Flex</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"><sup>®</sup></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> platform and the Company’s SurePayroll</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"><sup>®</sup></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> SaaS-based products. </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Both products allow users to process payroll when they want, how they want, and on any device (desktop, tablet, and mobile phone). Paychex’s mid-market clients generally have more complex payroll and employee benefit needs. However, in the current environment of increasing regulations, the Company believes the needs for HR outsourcing solutions have been moving down-market. Any of the Company’s clients on Paychex Flex can opt for the integrated suite of HCM solutions, which allows clients to choose the services and software that will meet the needs of their business. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 12pt;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.33in;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Total revenue is comprised of service revenue and interest on funds held for clients. Service revenue is comprised primarily of the fees earned on the portfolio of HCM services, which include payroll processing, complementary HR management and administration services, PEO (“Professional Employer Organization”) solutions, and insurance agency commissions. Refer to Note B of this Item 8 for further discussion of the Company’s service revenue. </span></p>
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