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/S ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) trades at a P/S ratio of 4.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.1× (January 2016) to 6.8× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 2.7× and above the Technology sector median of 2.9×.

P/S ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2026 4.1× (32.77%)
FY2025 6.1× 21.17%
FY2024 5.0× (0.18%)
FY2023 5.0× (5.32%)
FY2022 5.3× (5.51%)
FY2021 5.6× 28.35%
FY2020 4.4× (14.30%)
FY2019 5.1× 14.59%
FY2018 4.5× 20.70%
FY2017 3.7× 3.06%

Quarterly

Period P/S ratio Change
Jun 2026 4.1× 8.64%
Mar 2026 3.8× (22.83%)
Dec 2025 4.9× (13.92%)
Sep 2025 5.7× (6.85%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.1× High 6.8×
Ten-year median 4.9×
Current reading's percentile 45

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 2.6×
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 3.5×
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 3.6×
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 4.8×
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 9.5×
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 15.3×
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare 21.6×
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 24.1×
MSTR Strategy Inc compare 112×
Software Application industry median 2.7×
Technology sector median 2.9×
Market median 2.0×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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