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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to June
| Group | Line | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 94.11 | 107.61 | 126.06 | 103.11 | 159.31 | 192.26 | 201.46 | 231.27 | 247.18 | 188.16 |
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| High | 121.77 | 153.51 | 174.50 | 182.32 | 248.96 | 274.92 | 256.84 | 309.63 | 329.93 | 290.12 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 58,000 | 57,000 | 58,000 | 58,000 | 56,000 | 60,000 | 63,000 | 64,000 | 67,000 | 67,000 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 12,372 | 13,274 | 14,110 | 14,590 | 15,005 | 16,498 | 18,012 | 19,203 | 20,561 | 21,947 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 41.44 | 41.56 | 43.15 | 42.12 | 42.42 | 42.65 | 44.74 | 45.44 | 46.03 | 46.42 | |||||
| EBT | 2,617 | 2,283 | 3,006 | 3,183 | 3,361 | 3,804 | 4,438 | 4,872 | 5,310 | 5,730 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 21.15 | 17.20 | 21.30 | 21.81 | 22.40 | 23.06 | 24.64 | 25.37 | 25.83 | 26.11 | |||||
| Net income | 1,788 | 1,885 | 2,293 | 2,467 | 2,599 | 2,949 | 3,412 | 3,752 | 4,080 | 4,414 | |||||
| Depreciation | 1,190 | 1,287 | 1,333 | 1,445 | 1,516 | 1,571 | 1,565 | 1,587 | 1,656 | 1,698 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 27.63 | 30.13 | 32.44 | 33.87 | 35.20 | 39.39 | 43.54 | 46.77 | 50.51 | 54.55 | ||||
| Earnings | 3.87 | 3.68 | 5.27 | 5.73 | 6.10 | 7.04 | 8.25 | 9.14 | 10.02 | 10.97 | |||||
| Cash flow | 4.75 | 5.71 | 6.18 | 7.02 | 7.26 | 7.40 | 10.17 | 10.13 | 12.13 | 13.53 | |||||
| Capex | (1.05) | (1.07) | (1.28) | (1.36) | (1.14) | (1.24) | (1.38) | (1.30) | (1.32) | (1.65) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 3.70 | 4.64 | 4.90 | 5.66 | 6.11 | 6.16 | 8.79 | 8.82 | 10.82 | 11.87 | |||||
| Book value | 8.88 | 10.75 | 12.41 | 13.35 | 13.30 | 7.70 | 8.48 | 11.08 | 15.20 | 14.99 | |||||
| Shares, m | 448 | 441 | 435 | 431 | 426 | 419 | 414 | 411 | 407 | 402 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 26.41 | 32.58 | 31.51 | 25.98 | 32.67 | 29.88 | 26.67 | 25.76 | 30.81 | 20.41 | ||||
| P/S | 3.71 | 4.48 | 5.13 | 4.40 | 5.64 | 5.33 | 5.05 | 5.04 | 6.11 | 4.11 | |||||
| P/B | 11.54 | 12.55 | 13.40 | 11.15 | 14.93 | 27.27 | 25.91 | 21.28 | 20.29 | 14.94 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 3.65 | 4.46 | 5.13 | 4.40 | 5.68 | 5.44 | 5.11 | 5.02 | 5.97 | 4.18 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 27.25 | 28.98 | 34.01 | 26.34 | 32.69 | 34.78 | 25.31 | 26.63 | 27.86 | 19.23 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 2,126 | 2,515 | 2,688 | 3,026 | 3,093 | 3,100 | 4,208 | 4,158 | 4,940 | 5,441 | ||||
| Capex | (471) | (470) | (559) | (587) | (487) | (519) | (572) | (535) | (536) | (665) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1,655 | 2,045 | 2,130 | 2,439 | 2,606 | 2,580 | 3,636 | 3,623 | 4,404 | 4,776 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 2,843 | 1,411 | 1,715 | 1,438 | 2,647 | (354) | (597) | 463 | 1,974 | 2,536 | ||||
| Total debt | 2,002 | 2,002 | 2,264 | 2,005 | 2,985 | 2,987 | 2,989 | 2,991 | 3,975 | 4,964 | |||||
| Net debt | (778) | (168) | 305 | 96 | 410 | 1,551 | 906 | (306) | (3,872) | 734 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 3,977 | 4,736 | 5,400 | 5,752 | 5,670 | 3,225 | 3,509 | 4,548 | 6,188 | 6,031 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 4.42 | 4.96 | 5.68 | 6.09 | 5.91 | 5.27 | 5.98 | 7.12 | 7.57 | 7.57 | ||||
| ROIC | 45.99 | 34.99 | 33.14 | 33.57 | 34.18 | 49.77 | 63.81 | 72.90 | 146.04 | 53.39 | |||||
| ROE | 42.27 | 43.27 | 45.24 | 44.23 | 45.50 | 66.30 | 101.33 | 93.14 | 76.00 | 72.24 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Jun 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. vs peers in Software Application (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. | $153.6B | 88.0× | 56.5× | +24.01% (above 0%: growing) | −22.04% (below 0%: shrinking) | −10.08% (below 0%: shrinking) | 70.68% | 4.06% | Compare |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. | $145.6B | 15.2× | 24.0× | +12.17% (above 0%: growing) | +81.54% (above 0%: growing) | +12.81% (above 0%: growing) | 44.93% | 13.32% | Compare |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | $118.2B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +35.09% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +47.23% (above 0%: growing) | 67.02% | (17.00%) | Compare |
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | $113.2B | 26.3× | 19.0× | +6.77% (above 0%: growing) | +9.37% (above 0%: growing) | −5.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | 45.88% | 23.00% | |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | $98.0B | 13.7× | 13.8× | +12.89% (above 0%: growing) | +10.77% (above 0%: growing) | +14.68% (above 0%: growing) | 88.71% | 34.82% | Compare |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. | $95.6B | 485× | 420× | +35.64% (above 0%: growing) | +1,610.53% (above 0%: growing) | +68.55% (above 0%: growing) | 78.59% | 0.49% | Compare |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | $89.3B | 63.1× | 83.7× | +24.23% (above 0%: growing) | +127.12% (above 0%: growing) | +72.50% (above 0%: growing) | 84.90% | 28.42% | Compare |
| INTU Intuit Inc. | $88.2B | 19.7× | 15.3× | +13.65% (above 0%: growing) | −1.47% (below 0%: shrinking) | +253.37% (above 0%: growing) | 78.11% | 10.91% | Compare |
| MSTR Strategy Inc | $63.9B | — (loss-making) | 3.8× | +6.88% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +6.40% (above 0%: growing) | 66.64% | (6,808.11%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $96.8B | 41.4× | 24.0× | +18.83% | +46.16% | +30.96% | 74.40% | 7.49% |
ADP metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) key facts
- Strength: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $21.9 billion, up 6.74% from fiscal 2025.
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is a Software Application company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, ADP traded at $288.90, a market capitalization of $113.2 billion.
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share, a yield of 2.35%, with a payout ratio of 62.2%.
- Return on equity was 72.2% and debt-to-equity 0.82.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.24 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.
Financial Analysis (summary)
Updated
Automatic Data Processing reported revenue of $21.9 billion in FY2026 and net income of $4.4 billion in FY2026. Revenue grew 6.74% in FY2026 against FY2025, while diluted EPS reached $10.94 in FY2026. In Q4 FY2026, revenue was $5.5 billion, net income was $978.6 million, and diluted EPS was $2.45.
Margins in FY2026 included a 46.4% gross margin, a 26.3% operating margin, and a 20.1% net margin. Operating cash flow was $5.4 billion in FY2026 and free cash flow was $4.8 billion in FY2026. Total debt was $5.0 billion in FY2026, while cash and short-term investments were $4.2 billion in FY2026.