Growth Metrics

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

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported FCF Margin of 36.83% for Q1 2026, up 1001.0% year-over-year from 3.35% in Q1 2025, and up 78.4% on a QoQ basis from 20.64% in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 36.83% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 1001.0% year-over-year to 36.83% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 24.51% (up 168.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 23.2%, up 264.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin climbed to 36.83% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 20.64% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 36.83% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 6.36% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 20.96% (2022), against an average of 21.83%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin jumped 1371 bps; it then sank 959 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing ADP's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 19.36% in 2022, then grew by 8 bps to 20.94% in 2023, then climbed by 5 bps to 22.0% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 20.64% in 2025, then soared by 78 bps to 36.83% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP FCF Margin figures stand at 36.83% (Q1 2026), 20.64% (Q4 2025), and 11.51% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 36.77%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 47.52%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 17.31%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 15.02%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 41.64%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 20.82%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 45.65%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 36.83%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 61.18%
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 32.12%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 36.83%
Dec 31, 2025 20.64%
Sep 30, 2025 11.51%
Jun 30, 2025 27.41%
Mar 31, 2025 26.82%
Dec 31, 2024 22.00%
Sep 30, 2024 15.84%
Jun 30, 2024 26.13%
Mar 31, 2024 27.38%
Dec 31, 2023 20.94%
Sep 30, 2023 6.36%
Jun 30, 2023 25.12%
Mar 31, 2023 27.47%
Dec 31, 2022 19.36%
Sep 30, 2022 15.96%
Jun 30, 2022 20.96%
Mar 31, 2022 20.39%
Dec 31, 2021 26.18%
Sep 30, 2021 2.24%
Jun 30, 2021 16.58%
Mar 31, 2021 28.96%
Dec 31, 2020 18.10%
Sep 30, 2020 12.63%
Jun 30, 2020 22.01%
Mar 31, 2020 26.68%
Dec 31, 2019 17.83%
Sep 30, 2019 16.30%
Jun 30, 2019 19.85%
Mar 31, 2019 25.71%
Dec 31, 2018 21.35%
Sep 30, 2018 3.20%
Jun 30, 2018 19.86%
Mar 31, 2018 29.59%
Dec 31, 2017 11.90%
Sep 30, 2017 5.57%
Jun 30, 2017 12.77%
Mar 31, 2017 22.66%
Dec 31, 2016 14.74%
Sep 30, 2016 9.64%
Jun 30, 2016 21.46%
Mar 31, 2016 21.26%
Dec 31, 2015 12.91%
Sep 30, 2015 1.97%
Jun 30, 2015 17.02%
Mar 31, 2015 27.44%
Dec 31, 2014 6.96%
Sep 30, 2014 13.33%
Jun 30, 2014 21.94%
Mar 31, 2014 24.64%
Dec 31, 2013 14.37%
Sep 30, 2013 1.99%
Jun 30, 2013 20.25%
Mar 31, 2013 18.37%
Dec 31, 2012 14.72%
Sep 30, 2012 -3.63%
Jun 30, 2012 17.66%
Mar 31, 2012 21.48%
Dec 31, 2011 15.50%
Sep 30, 2011 11.27%
Jun 30, 2011 16.98%
Mar 31, 2011 19.42%
Dec 31, 2010 15.92%
Sep 30, 2010 8.24%
Jun 30, 2010 16.85%
Mar 31, 2010 24.21%
Dec 31, 2009 18.62%
Sep 30, 2009 9.99%
Jun 30, 2009 18.19%
Mar 31, 2009 17.93%