Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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