Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 48.28% in Q1 2026, up 58.0% year-on-year from 30.55% in Q1 2025, and up 4.76% on a QoQ basis from 46.08% in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 48.28% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 58.0% year-over-year to 48.28% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 46.23%, a 24.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 46.03%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 48.28%, up from 46.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for ADP reached as high as 48.28% in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 42.2% in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 45.31% across 5 years, with a median of 45.12% in 2023.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin jumped 242 bps in 2023 and fell 30 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 44.19% in 2022, then grew by 2 bps to 45.12% in 2023, then gained by 1 bps to 45.68% in 2024, then increased by 1 bps to 46.08% in 2025, then rose by 5 bps to 48.28% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Gross Margin figures were 48.28% in Q1 2026, 46.08% in Q4 2025, and 45.2% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn 72.98%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 48.77%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 45.03%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 76.92%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 70.68%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 48.28%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 66.61%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 95.85%
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 79.21%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 48.28%
Dec 31, 2025 46.08%
Sep 30, 2025 45.20%
Jun 30, 2025 45.06%
Mar 31, 2025 47.70%
Dec 31, 2024 45.68%
Sep 30, 2024 45.50%
Jun 30, 2024 44.81%
Mar 31, 2024 47.31%
Dec 31, 2023 45.12%
Sep 30, 2023 44.26%
Jun 30, 2023 44.50%
Mar 31, 2023 46.76%
Dec 31, 2022 44.19%
Sep 30, 2022 43.22%
Jun 30, 2022 42.20%
Mar 31, 2022 44.33%
Dec 31, 2021 41.84%
Sep 30, 2021 42.00%
Jun 30, 2021 40.98%