Leverage is negligible, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01 and $8.0M of total debt against $643.2M of equity and a current ratio of 4.82, though the cash balance may include funds held on behalf of billers.
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) balance sheet — 22-year assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 | Oct'17 | Oct'16 | Oct'15 | Oct'14 | Oct'13 | Oct'12 | Oct'11 | Oct'10 | Oct'09 | Oct'08 | Oct'07 | Oct'06 | Oct'05 | Oct'04 | Oct'03 |
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| Total Current Assets | 533.99M | 441.33M | 345.64M | 270.35M | 228.96M | 256.44M | 79.83M | 51.5M | 718.7M | 757.4M | 782.3M | 785.6M | 825M | 1.14B | 1.16B | 761.09M | 622.78M | 562.85M | 603.58M | 319.24M | 225.61M | 136.41M | 125.6M |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 407.62M | 324.54M | 205.9M | 179.36M | 147.33M | 168.39M | 46.67M | 27.43M | 131M | 148.4M | 208.9M | 250.2M | 268.2M | 456.74M | 594.56M | 445.14M | 325M | 157.16M | 215M | 86.56M | 81.83M | 12.71M | 5.88M |
| Cash Only | 407.62M | 324.54M | 205.9M | 179.36M | 147.33M | 168.39M | 46.67M | 27.43M | 131M | 148.4M | 208.9M | 250.2M | 268.2M | 454.07M | 594.56M | 445.14M | 325M | 157.16M | 215M | 86.56M | 65.06M | 12.71M | 5.88M |
| Short-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.67M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.77M | 0 | 0 |
| Accounts Receivable | 109.78M | 103.55M | 123.17M | 76.65M | 69.28M | 46.42M | 30.25M | 21.36M | 322.7M | 323.4M | 362M | 305.5M | 284M | 366.89M | 294.44M | 132.99M | 157.36M | 175.5M | 194.15M | 119.84M | 87.42M | 77.84M | 70.12M |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 28.06 | 31.59 | 51.57 | 45.53 | 50.88 | 42.84 | 36.58 | 33.07 | 62.95 | 59.25 | 66.05 | 59.66 | 60.9 | 71.77 | 82.42 | 48.47 | 67.99 | 69.48 | 78.48 | 75.28 | 65.74 | 72.83 | 75.42 |
| Inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.6M | 175.2M | 129.7M | 124.3M | 138.7M | 178.27M | 144.32M | 111.9M | 95.92M | 168.36M | 107.17M | 86.63M | 35.52M | 32.11M | 40.66M |
| Days Inventory Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39.91 | 53.39 | 40.31 | 39.65 | 47.9 | 58.61 | 64.86 | 64.71 | 62.23 | 97.71 | 64.8 | 98.96 | 44.93 | 50.55 | 74.09 |
| Other Current Assets | 4.2M | 14.46M | 16.57M | 14.34M | 12.35M | 33.44M | 0 | 0 | 138.4M | 110.4M | 81.7M | 105.6M | 134.1M | 133.54M | 127.13M | 71.06M | 44.51M | 61.83M | 87.27M | 26.21M | 20.84M | 13.76M | 8.95M |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 229.88M | 226.55M | 230.61M | 234.51M | 232.58M | 216.51M | 45.05M | 28.96M | 1.6B | 1.74B | 1.69B | 1.92B | 2.17B | 2.36B | 1.15B | 314.24M | 296.13M | 516.9M | 943.73M | 133.7M | 103.76M | 109.21M | 111.37M |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 9.9M | 7.26M | 8.96M | 11.59M | 11.38M | 9.75M | 10.09M | 1.48M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75M | 5.38M |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 163.67x | 164.88x | 97.31x | 53.04x | 43.66x | 40.58x | 29.90x | 159.63x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67.79x | 63.10x |
| Goodwill | 131.78M | 131.81M | 131.81M | 131.86M | 131.85M | 129.41M | 13.21M | 13.22M | 1.1B | 1.11B | 1.08B | 1.19B | 1.25B | 1.18B | 561.41M | 169.32M | 150.84M | 321.9M | 611.98M | 52.69M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 9.54M | 11.99M | 86.45M | 85.94M | 82.05M | 72.98M | 21.26M | 13.95M | 236.4M | 306.3M | 317.5M | 457.6M | 642.9M | 734.81M | 263.77M | 50.12M | 52.97M | 92.64M | 170.07M | 16.54M | 66.17M | 75.46M | 96.63M |
| Long-Term Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.64M | 19.59M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Current Assets | 77.44M | 75.18M | 3.02M | 5.03M | 7.18M | 4.21M | 218K | -28.64M | 210.01M | 283.6M | 253.4M | 242.7M | 249.5M | 225.84M | 122.44M | 84.86M | 88.15M | 101.09M | 93.88M | 42.76M | 19.88M | 16.49M | 5.58M |
| Total Assets | 763.87M | 667.88M | 576.25M | 504.86M | 461.54M | 472.94M | 124.87M | 80.46M | 2.32B | 2.49B | 2.47B | 2.7B | 2.99B | 3.49B | 2.31B | 1.08B | 918.91M | 1.08B | 1.55B | 452.94M | 329.37M | 245.62M | 236.97M |
| Asset Turnover | 1.99x | 1.79x | 1.51x | 1.22x | 1.08x | 0.84x | 2.42x | 2.93x | 0.81x | 0.80x | 0.81x | 0.69x | 0.57x | 0.53x | 0.56x | 0.93x | 0.92x | 0.85x | 0.58x | 1.28x | 1.47x | 1.59x | 1.43x |
| Asset Growth % | 71.68% | 15.9% | 14.14% | 9.39% | -2.41% | 278.74% | 55.2% | -96.54% | -6.92% | 0.88% | -8.48% | -9.74% | -14.24% | 50.88% | 115.15% | 17.02% | -14.9% | -30.22% | 241.61% | 37.52% | 34.1% | 3.65% | - |
| Total Current Liabilities | 110.83M | 98.85M | 81.55M | 62.79M | 51.5M | 74.43M | 31.11M | 9.95M | 542.3M | 538.8M | 541.3M | 492.4M | 587.7M | 570.39M | 703.28M | 259.81M | 245.65M | 266.53M | 306.77M | 152.67M | 113.17M | 111.01M | 132.97M |
| Accounts Payable | 74.38M | 63.97M | 49.87M | 35.18M | 29.23M | 24.75M | 16.82M | 2.17M | 144.8M | 154.6M | 189.4M | 161.2M | 116.5M | 193.06M | 144.28M | 64.02M | 87.09M | 104.41M | 105.22M | 66.69M | 47.16M | 43.7M | 41.24M |
| Days Payables Outstanding | 24.23 | 25.94 | 28.73 | 29.72 | 30.72 | 32.95 | 29.36 | 4.92 | 45.64 | 47.11 | 58.86 | 51.42 | 40.23 | 63.48 | 64.84 | 37.02 | 56.51 | 60.59 | 63.62 | 76.18 | 59.66 | 68.79 | 75.16 |
| Short-Term Debt | 0 | 2.29M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 515K | 68.8M | 66M | 39.1M | 32.1M | 92.5M | 54.92M | 272.06M | 5.28M | 5.7M | 5.02M | 5.39M | 1.99M | 1.99M | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Revenue (Current) | 6.44M | 3.5M | 2.94M | 4.09M | 4.36M | 2.17M | 612K | 428K | 101.4M | 104.8M | 82.9M | 92.1M | 86.6M | 91.55M | 68.82M | 55.26M | 45.67M | 47.69M | 43.05M | 23.57M | 17.54M | 14.15M | 9.6M |
| Other Current Liabilities | 0 | 27.67M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.44M | 0 | 0 | 227.3M | 213.4M | 229.9M | 207M | 292.1M | 230.87M | 218.12M | 135.25M | 107.19M | 109.42M | 153.12M | 60.43M | 46.48M | 53.16M | 82.13M |
| Current Ratio | 4.82x | 4.46x | 4.24x | 4.31x | 4.45x | 3.45x | 2.57x | 5.18x | 1.33x | 1.41x | 1.45x | 1.60x | 1.40x | 1.99x | 1.65x | 2.93x | 2.54x | 2.11x | 1.97x | 2.09x | 1.99x | 1.23x | 0.94x |
| Quick Ratio | 4.82x | 4.46x | 4.24x | 4.31x | 4.45x | 3.45x | 2.57x | 5.18x | 1.09x | 1.08x | 1.21x | 1.34x | 1.17x | 1.68x | 1.44x | 2.50x | 2.14x | 1.48x | 1.62x | 1.52x | 1.68x | 0.94x | 0.64x |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 3.83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57.22 | 65.53 | 47.5 | 47.89 | 68.56 | 66.9 | 82.44 | 76.16 | 73.72 | 106.6 | 79.67 | 98.06 | 51.02 | 54.59 | 74.35 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 9.79M | 8.65M | 9.1M | 12.46M | 12.86M | 12.38M | 9.39M | 1.91M | 997.5M | 1.1B | 997.3M | 1.14B | 1.25B | 1.57B | 414.79M | 608.06M | 638.81M | 669.01M | 657.13M | 201.54M | 189.66M | 270M | 143.13M |
| Long-Term Debt | 0 | 4.56M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 762M | 859.9M | 760.2M | 851M | 943.3M | 1.25B | 211.76M | 468.23M | 504.17M | 543.36M | 547.77M | 190.9M | 180.81M | 259.88M | 52.32M |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 10.05M | 4.56M | 6.32M | 8.66M | 9.36M | 7.35M | 5.89M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred Tax Liabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07M | 680K | 3.32M | 3.5M | 1.91M | 97.5M | 99.4M | 102.9M | 136.1M | 176M | 214.54M | 92.59M | 62.08M | 68.08M | 68.93M | 87.14M | 859K | 0 | 1.73M | 40K |
| Other Non-Current Liabilities | 1.45M | -3.88M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.2M | 76.8M | 78.9M | 101M | 92.5M | 70.44M | 78.97M | 55.4M | 48.26M | 56.72M | 22.23M | 9.77M | 8.85M | 8.39M | 90.78M |
| Total Liabilities | 120.63M | 107.5M | 90.65M | 75.25M | 64.36M | 86.81M | 40.5M | 11.86M | 1.54B | 1.64B | 1.54B | 1.63B | 1.84B | 2.15B | 1.12B | 867.86M | 884.46M | 935.54M | 963.9M | 354.2M | 302.83M | 381.01M | 276.11M |
| Total Debt | 8.03M | 11.41M | 8.41M | 10.51M | 12.63M | 11.18M | 10.03M | 627K | 830.8M | 925.9M | 799.3M | 883.1M | 1.04B | 1.31B | 483.81M | 473.51M | 509.86M | 548.38M | 553.15M | 192.89M | 182.81M | 262.19M | 79.85M |
| Net Debt | -399.59M | -313.12M | -197.49M | -168.85M | -134.7M | -157.2M | -36.64M | -26.8M | 699.8M | 777.5M | 590.4M | 632.9M | 767.6M | 853.54M | -110.75M | 28.37M | 184.87M | 391.22M | 338.15M | 106.33M | 117.74M | 249.48M | 73.97M |
| Debt / Equity | 0.01x | 0.02x | 0.02x | 0.02x | 0.03x | 0.03x | 0.12x | 0.01x | 1.10x | 1.14x | 0.89x | 0.85x | 0.93x | 1.00x | 0.41x | 2.30x | 15.91x | 3.86x | 0.95x | 1.95x | 6.89x | - | - |
| Debt / EBITDA | 0.05x | 0.10x | 0.10x | 0.22x | 0.60x | 0.47x | 0.38x | 0.03x | 4.40x | 3.65x | 2.88x | 4.19x | 5.03x | 3.81x | 3.14x | 3.18x | 4.72x | - | 5.22x | 1.55x | 2.12x | 3.81x | 1.28x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | -2.57x | -2.69x | -2.43x | -3.47x | -6.39x | -6.64x | -1.38x | -1.10x | 3.70x | 3.06x | 2.13x | 3.00x | 3.73x | 2.49x | -0.72x | 0.19x | 1.71x | - | 3.19x | 0.85x | 1.37x | 3.62x | 1.19x |
| Interest Coverage | - | - | - | - | - | 1728.67x | - | - | -3.30x | 1.05x | 3.31x | 0.06x | -1.42x | 2.09x | 4.14x | 3.76x | -9.30x | -11.37x | 0.75x | 7.73x | 4.16x | 1.84x | 2.01x |
| Total Equity | 643.24M | 560.39M | 485.6M | 429.62M | 397.18M | 386.13M | 84.38M | 68.6M | 754.5M | 813.7M | 899.6M | 1.03B | 1.11B | 1.31B | 1.19B | 206.02M | 32.05M | 142.15M | 580.92M | 98.74M | 26.54M | -135.39M | -39.14M |
| Equity Growth % | 70.42% | 15.4% | 13.03% | 8.17% | 2.86% | 357.63% | 22.99% | -90.91% | -7.28% | -9.55% | -12.98% | -7.25% | -14.77% | 9.51% | 479.64% | 542.84% | -77.45% | -75.53% | 488.33% | 272.07% | 119.6% | -245.9% | - |
| Book Value per Share | 4.94 | 4.33 | 3.80 | 3.43 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 0.73 | 0.58 | 6.75 | 7.34 | 7.76 | 9.26 | 10.26 | 11.86 | 12.36 | 2.35 | 0.38 | 1.69 | 7.07 | 1.43 | 0.43 | -2.39 | -0.80 |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 643.24M | 560.39M | 485.6M | 429.62M | 397.18M | 386.13M | 84.38M | 68.6M | 754.5M | 813.7M | 899.6M | 1.03B | 1.11B | 1.31B | 1.19B | 206.02M | 32.05M | 142.15M | 580.92M | 98.74M | 26.54M | -135.39M | -39.14M |
| Common Stock | 12K | 12K | 12K | 12K | 12K | 12K | 517K | 517K | 1.1M | 1.1M | 1.1M | 1.1M | 1.1M | 1.08M | 1.06M | 868K | 845K | 845K | 841K | 682K | 676K | 564K | 543K |
| Retained Earnings | 236.77M | 162.85M | 95.91M | 51.74M | 29.42M | 29.93M | 55.05M | 41.34M | -792.2M | -618.3M | -535.7M | -538.2M | -500.1M | -204.02M | -269.06M | -551.46M | -642.01M | -504.17M | -77.48M | -43.47M | -102.98M | -136.22M | -39.87M |
| Treasury Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -579K | -579K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | -684K | -427K | -233K | 87K | -22K | 168K | 216K | 149K | -221.57M | -243.13M | -213.53M | -202.24M | -152.99M | -106.69M | -60.3M | -46.06M | -36.92M | -26.14M | -16.15M | -14.19M | -6.88M | -4.11M | -1.67M |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying PAY stock.
As of 2025, Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) had total assets of $667.9M including $441.3M in current assets.
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) carries total debt of $11.4M, offset by $324.5M in cash and short-term investments. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $560.4M ($4.33 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (PAY) reported a current ratio of 4.46x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Dependence on Cash Balances
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Net Cash Position Strengthening Steadily
According to reported quarterly balance sheets, PAY's cash rose from $188.8M in 2024Q2 to $407.6M in 2026Q3 while total debt stayed below $12M, suggesting the balance sheet has strengthened materially over the period.
The growth in cash has been largely funded by retained earnings, which expanded from $68.3M to $236.8M over the same window, indicating that internally generated profits rather than external financing drove the improvement. This pattern suggests the business is self-funding its expansion without meaningful reliance on capital markets. Investors should monitor whether this cash build reflects durable operating cash generation or is partly a function of timing in client funds and working capital.
Negligible Leverage Preserves Financial Flexibility
Based on reported figures, PAY's debt-to-equity ratio held between 0.01 and 0.02 across all ten quarters, with total debt of $8.0M against $643.2M in equity as of 2026Q3.
Leverage this low means debt service is not a meaningful claim on operating cash flow, and refinancing risk appears minimal. The conservative capital structure suggests management prioritizes optionality over financial engineering. This implies the equity base, rather than borrowed capital, is carrying the company's growth investments.
Current Ratio Well Above Operating Needs
As reported in the balance sheet data, PAY's current ratio ranged from 4.24 to 4.89 over the last ten quarters, with the 2026Q3 reading of 4.82 supported by $407.6M in cash.
A current ratio near 4.8 suggests short-term obligations are covered many times over, which provides a substantial buffer against working capital swings. Because payment platforms often hold settlement balances that can be temporarily large, the headline liquidity figure should be read with some caution. Investors should monitor whether unrestricted cash is meaningfully lower than reported cash once client funds are excluded.
Asset-Light Profile Anchored by Goodwill
Per the reported balance sheets, goodwill of $131.8M and net PP&E of $9.9M represented a small share of PAY's $763.9M total assets as of 2026Q3, pointing to an asset-light model.
The fixed asset base is minimal, consistent with a software-and-services platform rather than an infrastructure-heavy operator. Goodwill is stable at $131.8M throughout the period, which implies no recent acquisition activity and no impairment recorded in the reported figures. The dominance of cash and receivables in total assets suggests asset quality rests more on collection timing than on physical capital.
Cash Headline Overstates Corporate Liquidity
Based on the reported data, PAY's $407.6M cash balance may include funds held on behalf of billers, meaning headline liquidity could overstate capital genuinely available to shareholders.
The disclosed balance sheet does not separate operating cash from settlement or client-held funds, so the strength implied by a 4.8x current ratio should be treated as an upper bound. Equity growth from $451.6M to $643.2M is driven largely by retained earnings, which is encouraging but does not by itself confirm that the cash is freely deployable. Investors should seek clarity on the proportion of cash that is restricted or pass-through before drawing firm conclusions about balance sheet strength.