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) Return on assets

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.69%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (7.57%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.89% (fiscal 2016) to 7.57% (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 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 7.57% 0.00
FY2025 7.57% 0.45
FY2024 7.12% 1.14
FY2023 5.98% 0.71
FY2022 5.27% (0.64)
FY2021 5.91% (0.18)
FY2020 6.09% 0.41
FY2019 5.68% 0.72
FY2018 4.96% 0.54
FY2017 4.42% 0.53

Against its own ten years

Low 3.89% High 7.57%
Ten-year median 5.80%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 24.8%
SHOP Shopify Inc. compare 14.3%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 12.7%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 12.4%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. compare 9.33%
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 7.69%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 5.39%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 5.16%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −12.9%
Software Application industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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