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

Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.31 in Q1 2026, down 25.5% year-on-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) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.31 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 25.5% year-over-year to 0.31 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.49, a 4.71% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.5, down 9.04% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.31, down from 0.57 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for ADP reached as high as 1.8 in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 0.31 in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.6 across 5 years, with a median of 0.5 in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 85.92% in 2022 and soared 179.08% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.51 in 2022, then increased by 3.77% to 0.53 in 2023, then slipped by 2.42% to 0.52 in 2024, then grew by 10.37% to 0.57 in 2025, then slumped by 44.77% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 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 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn -
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn -
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.06
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn -
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 0.31
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn -
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn -
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 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