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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
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Return on invested capital
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 54.5%, up 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (53.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 33.1% (fiscal 2019) to 146.0% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 53.4% | (92.65) |
| FY2025 | 146.0% | 73.14 |
| FY2024 | 72.9% | 9.09 |
| FY2023 | 63.8% | 14.04 |
| FY2022 | 49.8% | 15.59 |
| FY2021 | 34.2% | 0.61 |
| FY2020 | 33.6% | 0.43 |
| FY2019 | 33.1% | (1.85) |
| FY2018 | 35.0% | (11.00) |
| FY2017 | 46.0% | 4.48 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 54.5% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 46.4% |
| INTU Intuit Inc. compare | 20.2% |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. compare | 16.1% |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare | 13.8% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 13.1% |
| CRM Salesforce, Inc. compare | 8.24% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 5.83% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −37.0% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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