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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.6× (April 2026) to 46.2× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 14% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 16.6× and above the Technology sector median of 19.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 18.9× (33.84%)
FY2025 28.5× 6.73%
FY2024 26.7× 6.82%
FY2023 25.0× (26.64%)
FY2022 34.1× 4.93%
FY2021 32.5× 23.55%
FY2020 26.3× (22.63%)
FY2019 34.0× 16.96%
FY2018 29.1× 4.84%
FY2017 27.7× 0.81%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 18.9× 12.05%
Mar 2026 16.8× (32.05%)
Dec 2025 24.8× (12.12%)
Sep 2025 28.2× (1.11%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.6× High 46.2×
Ten-year median 28.8×
Current reading's percentile 14

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
MSTR Strategy Inc compare n/m
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 8.8×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 8.8×
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 14.0×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 22.2×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 30.8×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 53.5×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 89.0×
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 98.4×
Software Application industry median 16.6×
Technology sector median 19.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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