Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP

263.67 0.56 0.21% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$104.2B
P/E
24.0×
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) trades at a P/E ratio of 24.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.5× (April 2026) to 39.1× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 6% of that period. That is in line with the Software Application industry median of 24.8× and below the Technology sector median of 29.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2026 20.4× (33.74%)
FY2025 30.8× 19.62%
FY2024 25.8× (3.44%)
FY2023 26.7× (10.72%)
FY2022 29.9× (8.54%)
FY2021 32.7× 25.72%
FY2020 26.0× (17.54%)
FY2019 31.5× (3.28%)
FY2018 32.6× 23.38%
FY2017 26.4× (6.01%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 20.4× 8.11%
Mar 2026 18.9× (23.36%)
Dec 2025 24.6× (14.62%)
Sep 2025 28.9× (6.33%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.5× High 39.1×
Ten-year median 28.9×
Current reading's percentile 6

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
MSTR Strategy Inc compare n/m
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare n/m
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 13.1×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 15.0×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 16.7×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 24.0×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 64.5×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 84.0×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 526×
Software Application industry median 24.8×
Technology sector median 29.7×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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