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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.77%, EPS grew 9.37%, free cash flow fell 5.49% and total debt rose 24.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

288.90 3.25 +1.14%
Market cap
$113.2B
P/E
26.3×
Fwd P/E
19.0×
Dividend yield
2.35%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.24
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
84/100

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Return on invested capital

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 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

Low 33.1% High 146.0%
Ten-year median 43.8%
Current reading's percentile 75

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 53.4%
ADBE Adobe Inc. compare 46.4%
INTU Intuit Inc. compare 20.2%
CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. compare 14.0%
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare 12.0%
NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare 6.83%
DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare 2.78%
SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare −37.0%
MSTR Strategy Inc compare −64.7%
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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