Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 46.86% year-over-year to $2.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.3 billion (up 14.8% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.8 billion, up 20.81% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow rose to $2.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.2 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $287.2 million in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $1.1 billion (2025), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow surged 682.21%; it then slumped 57.31% in 2023.
  • Tracing ADP's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $850.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 15.01% to $977.6 million in 2023, then climbed by 13.64% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then decreased by 0.41% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then surged by 97.7% to $2.2 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP Free Cash Flow figures stand at $2.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $595.6 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 4.11 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 5.32 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 2.29 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 476.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 1.57 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 306.96 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 2.92 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 2.19 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 5.24 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 323.26 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Sep 30, 2023 287.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 287.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 1.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.12 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.35 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 850.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 850.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 672.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 672.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 865.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 865.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 920.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 920.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 86.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 86.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 619.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 619.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 668.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 668.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 438.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 438.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 743.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 743.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 1.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 654.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 654.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 376.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 376.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 690.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 690.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 984.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 984.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 745.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 745.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 106.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 106.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 658.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 658.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 1.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 385.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 385.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 171.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 171.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 391.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 391.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 772.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 772.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 440.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 440.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 281.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 281.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 622.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 622.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 690.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 690.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 362.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 362.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 53.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 53.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 458.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 458.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 830.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 830.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 184.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 184.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 342.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 342.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 563.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 563.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 694.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 694.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 357.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 357.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 46.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 46.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 567.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 567.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 571.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 571.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 403.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 403.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -95.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -95.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 463.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 463.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 625.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 625.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 398.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 398.40 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 282.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 282.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 425.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 425.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 531.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 531.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 382.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 382.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 183.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 183.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 369.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 369.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 591.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 591.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 409.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 409.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 209.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 209.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 382.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 382.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 424.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2009 424.70 Mn