Growth Metrics

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported EBITDA Margin of 22.99% for Q1 2026, down 2504.0% year-over-year from 0.96% in Q1 2025, and up 23.59% on a QoQ basis from 30.08% in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 22.99% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 2504.0% year-over-year to 22.99% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.91% (up 1397.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.77%, up 2990.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin improved to 22.99% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 30.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 71.21% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 119.59% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 22.99% (2026), against an average of 17.98%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBITDA Margin sank 10598 bps; it then soared 11732 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing ADP's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 32.41% in 2022, then rose by 2 bps to 31.76% in 2023, then grew by 2 bps to 31.14% in 2024, then gained by 3 bps to 30.08% in 2025, then grew by 24 bps to 22.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP EBITDA Margin figures stand at 22.99% (Q1 2026), 30.08% (Q4 2025), and 31.66% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 28.69%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 16.69%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 14.56%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn -18.49%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 12.12%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 29.26%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 37.79%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn -22.99%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 46.97%
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 0.73%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -22.99%
Dec 31, 2025 -30.08%
Sep 30, 2025 -31.66%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.27%
Mar 31, 2025 2.05%
Dec 31, 2024 -31.14%
Sep 30, 2024 -1.80%
Jun 30, 2024 -119.59%
Mar 31, 2024 1.51%
Dec 31, 2023 -31.76%
Sep 30, 2023 -3.56%
Jun 30, 2023 -34.77%
Mar 31, 2023 0.09%
Dec 31, 2022 -32.41%
Sep 30, 2022 -33.76%
Jun 30, 2022 71.21%
Mar 31, 2022 -4.69%
Dec 31, 2021 -8.86%
Sep 30, 2021 -35.24%
Jun 30, 2021 -41.00%
Mar 31, 2021 -30.00%
Dec 31, 2020 -7.43%
Sep 30, 2020 -9.38%
Jun 30, 2020 -14.71%
Mar 31, 2020 -29.82%
Dec 31, 2019 -35.55%
Sep 30, 2019 -66.18%
Jun 30, 2019 78.27%
Mar 31, 2019 -3.13%
Dec 31, 2018 -8.02%
Sep 30, 2018 -9.49%
Jun 30, 2018 -128.48%
Mar 31, 2018 -33.31%
Dec 31, 2017 -12.62%
Sep 30, 2017 -13.16%
Jun 30, 2017 -46.41%
Mar 31, 2017 -5.91%
Dec 31, 2016 -11.41%
Sep 30, 2016 -12.28%
Jun 30, 2016 -131.22%
Mar 31, 2016 -5.41%
Dec 31, 2015 -12.64%
Sep 30, 2015 -13.72%
Jun 30, 2015 76.82%
Mar 31, 2015 -31.49%
Dec 31, 2014 -11.81%
Sep 30, 2014 -13.77%
Jun 30, 2014 63.97%
Mar 31, 2014 -33.35%
Dec 31, 2013 -42.28%
Sep 30, 2013 -45.25%
Jun 30, 2013 4.66%
Mar 31, 2013 -33.19%
Dec 31, 2012 -41.23%
Sep 30, 2012 -43.76%
Jun 30, 2012 -45.87%
Mar 31, 2012 -32.52%
Dec 31, 2011 -40.21%
Sep 30, 2011 -42.97%
Jun 30, 2011 -46.29%
Mar 31, 2011 -32.24%
Dec 31, 2010 -38.57%
Sep 30, 2010 -40.94%
Jun 30, 2010 -45.10%
Mar 31, 2010 -29.65%
Dec 31, 2009 -35.39%
Sep 30, 2009 -37.10%
Jun 30, 2009 -41.10%
Mar 31, 2009 -24.57%