Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $21.9 billion, up 6.74% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.77%, EPS grew 9.37%, free cash flow fell 5.49% and total debt rose 24.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Altman Z-score
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2026 is 2.24, in the grey zone (1.81–2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2.24 | (0.78) |
| FY2025 | 3.02 | 0.57 |
| FY2024 | 2.45 | 0.06 |
| FY2023 | 2.39 | 0.59 |
| FY2022 | 1.80 | (0.54) |
| FY2021 | 2.33 | (0.16) |
| FY2020 | 2.49 | 0.10 |
| FY2019 | 2.39 | 0.15 |
| FY2018 | 2.24 | 0.22 |
| FY2017 | 2.02 | 0.39 |
How fiscal 2026’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.04 | — | 0.05 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.43 | — | 0.60 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.30 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 1.58 | — | 0.95 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.35 | — | 0.35 | |
| Altman Z-score | Grey zone | 2.24 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 2.38 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
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| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 2.2× |
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What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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