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

305.96 2.42 +0.80%
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) Operating margin

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 26.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (26.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.4% (fiscal 2015) to 26.3% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.02%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 26.3% 0.01
FY2025 26.3% 0.56
FY2024 25.8% 0.74
FY2023 25.0% 1.97
FY2022 23.1% 0.89
FY2021 22.2% 0.63
FY2020 21.5% 0.10
FY2019 21.4% 2.16
FY2018 19.3% 0.25
FY2017 19.0% 0.25

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 26.6% 3.64
Jun 2026 23.0% (7.06)
Mar 2026 30.1% 3.91
Dec 2025 26.2% 0.40
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 18.4% High 26.3%
Ten-year median 21.8%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 35.7%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 28.9%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 27.4%
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 26.5%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. compare 19.9%
SHOP Shopify Inc. compare 14.6%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 12.4%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 9.68%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −22.8%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.02%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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