Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

ADP Technology Software Application

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $21.9 billion, up 6.74% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+6.10%
EPS
+13.5%
Free cash flow
−4.05%
Total debt
+24.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

303.89 3.25 −1.06%
Market cap
$121.3B
P/E
27.1×
Fwd P/E
23.8×
Dividend yield
2.22%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.24
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
84/100

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Free cash flow margin

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 21.4%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (21.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.1% (fiscal 2016) to 21.8% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 5.77% and above the Technology sector median of 0.67%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 21.8% 0.34
FY2025 21.4% 2.56
FY2024 18.9% (1.33)
FY2023 20.2% 4.55
FY2022 15.6% (1.73)
FY2021 17.4% 0.65
FY2020 16.7% 1.63
FY2019 15.1% (0.31)
FY2018 15.4% 2.02
FY2017 13.4% 0.29

Against its own ten years

Low 13.1% High 21.8%
Ten-year median 16.2%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 40.8%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 40.2%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. compare 34.5%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 30.8%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 28.6%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 21.9%
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 21.4%
SHOP Shopify Inc. compare 18.8%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 18.4%
Software Application industry median 5.77%
Technology sector median 0.67%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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