Automatic Data Processing (ADP) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported EBT Margin of 22.98% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 0.25 percentage points from 23.23% a year earlier and down 7.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Automatic Data Processing (ADP) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Automatic Data Processing posted EBT Margin of 26.11%, up 0.28 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBT Margin has increased for eight consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +3.71 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at 25.83% in FY2025 (+0.45 pp), 25.37% in FY2024 (+0.74 pp), 24.64% in FY2023 (+1.58 pp) and 23.06% in FY2022 (+0.66 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly EBT Margin since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Year over year, EBT Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.38 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 2.99 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2026 (a drop of 0.32 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at 30.00% (Q3 2026), 25.81% (Q2 2026) and 25.26% (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 413.65 Bn | 378.59 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 49.62% |
| 2 | Oracle | 374.28 Bn | 246.84 Bn | - | 28.98% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 294.90 Bn | 222.88 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 29.23% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 186.99 Bn | 142.87 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 40.12% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.08 Bn | 106.87 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 26.50% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 113.02 Bn | 92.28 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 9.01% |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.72 Bn | 75.07 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 12.40% |
| 8 | Relx | 74.73 Bn | 73.84 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.35 Bn | 44.49 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 16,696.79% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 52.16 Bn | 48.13 Bn | - | 22.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 26.50% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 30.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 25.81% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.26% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.23% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 29.21% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 22.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 29.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.50% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.22% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.46% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.68% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.10% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 19.46% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 26.37% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 22.61% |
API Access
Automatic Data Processing EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=ADP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "ADP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=ADP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();