Automatic Data Processing (ADP) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported 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% on a QoQ basis from 0.57 in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.31 in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 25.5% year-over-year to 0.31 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.49 (down 4.71% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.5, down 9.04% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio slipped 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.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.5 (2022), against an average of 0.6.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio sank 85.92%; it then soared 179.08% in 2023.
- Tracing ADP's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.51 in 2022, then increased by 3.77% to 0.53 in 2023, then fell by 2.42% to 0.52 in 2024, then increased by 10.37% to 0.57 in 2025, then tumbled by 44.77% to 0.31 in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.31 (Q1 2026), 0.57 (Q4 2025), and 1.05 (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 0.07 |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | - |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | - |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | - |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | - |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 0.31 |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 0.06 |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.64 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.58 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.89 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.53 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.36 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.52 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.91 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.50 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.35 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 2.85 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.42 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.66 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1.48 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.65 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.55 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.86 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.39 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 0.35 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.63 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 4.28 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.50 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.28 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.25 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.67 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.41 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.59 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 4.49 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.37 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.37 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.48 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | -2.01 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.42 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.31 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.44 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 0.63 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 0.42 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.44 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 0.91 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 0.47 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 0.28 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 0.40 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 0.79 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 0.43 |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 0.39 |