Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Free Cash Flow of $2.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 46.86% year-over-year from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025, and up 97.7% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $2.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $2.2 billion, up 46.86% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.3 billion (up 14.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.8 billion, up 20.81% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow improved to $2.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $2.2 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $287.2 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.1 billion and a median of $1.1 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow jumped 682.21% in 2022, then plunged 57.31% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $850.0 million in 2022, then grew by 15.01% to $977.6 million in 2023, then increased by 13.64% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then dropped by 0.41% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then jumped by 97.7% to $2.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADP's Free Cash Flow at $2.2 billion in Q1 2026, $1.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $595.6 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn 4.11 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - 225.50 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.29 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 476.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.56 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 306.96 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.57 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 2.19 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 2.11 Bn
10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn 228.31 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 2.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 2.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 595.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 595.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.41 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 765.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 765.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.44 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 977.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 977.60 Mn