Automatic Data Processing (ADP) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.31 for Q1 2026, down 25.5% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and down 44.77% quarter-over-quarter from 0.57 in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.31 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 25.5% year-over-year to 0.31; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.49 (down 4.71% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.5, down 9.04% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.31 in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 0.57 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.8 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.31 in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.6 across 5 years, with a median of 0.5 in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 85.92% — and 2023, when it surged 179.08%.
  • Automatic Data Processing's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.51 in 2022, then climbed by 3.77% to 0.53 in 2023, then retreated by 2.42% to 0.52 in 2024, then advanced by 10.37% to 0.57 in 2025, then slumped by 44.77% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADP's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.31 in Q1 2026, 0.57 in Q4 2025, and 1.05 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 255.48 Bn 234.41 Bn 16.51 Bn 0.00
2 Shopify 198.95 Bn 194.00 Bn 1.71 Bn -
3 Salesforce 160.70 Bn 148.86 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.06
4 Uber Technologies 154.94 Bn 149.73 Bn 6.38 Bn -
5 ServiceNow 128.25 Bn 123.58 Bn 2.82 Bn -
6 Snowflake 114.00 Bn 111.05 Bn 926.45 Mn -
7 Automatic Data Processing 108.58 Bn 104.35 Bn 2.51 Bn 0.50
8 Adobe 105.34 Bn 99.72 Bn 5.90 Bn -
9 Intuit 94.55 Bn 87.77 Bn 7.24 Bn 0.06
10 Datadog 91.70 Bn 86.71 Bn 881.34 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.50
Mar 31, 2026 0.31
Dec 31, 2025 0.57
Sep 30, 2025 1.05
Jun 30, 2025 0.45
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.52
Sep 30, 2024 0.75
Jun 30, 2024 0.46
Mar 31, 2024 0.40
Dec 31, 2023 0.53
Sep 30, 2023 1.80
Jun 30, 2023 0.46
Mar 31, 2023 0.38
Dec 31, 2022 0.51
Sep 30, 2022 0.64
Jun 30, 2022 0.50
Mar 31, 2022 0.48
Dec 31, 2021 0.37
Sep 30, 2021 4.57