Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Gross Margin of 48.28% for Q1 2026, up 58.0% year-over-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) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 48.28% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin rose 58.0% year-over-year to 48.28% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 46.23% (up 24.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 46.03%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin rose to 48.28% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 46.08% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 48.28% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 42.2% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 45.12% (2023), against an average of 45.31%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin jumped 242 bps; it then fell 30 bps in 2025.
- Tracing ADP's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 44.19% in 2022, then increased by 2 bps to 45.12% in 2023, then advanced by 1 bps to 45.68% in 2024, then rose by 1 bps to 46.08% in 2025, then gained by 5 bps to 48.28% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP Gross Margin figures stand at 48.28% (Q1 2026), 46.08% (Q4 2025), and 45.2% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 72.98% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 77.61% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 89.96% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 48.77% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 75.07% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 85.65% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 89.62% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 48.28% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 79.05% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 79.21% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 44.46% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 42.57% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 41.39% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 38.78% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 44.68% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 42.93% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 11.33% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 42.49% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 45.34% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 42.73% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 41.77% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 41.43% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 43.74% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 40.16% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 39.83% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 40.55% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 43.97% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 40.82% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 40.22% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 41.39% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 44.20% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 40.06% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 39.33% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 40.56% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 44.31% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 40.33% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 39.27% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 28.09% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 43.73% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 40.54% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 38.83% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 39.71% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 43.94% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 40.88% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 39.85% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 39.70% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 44.41% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 41.12% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 40.24% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 39.42% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 44.45% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 42.62% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 41.15% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 41.46% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 45.53% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 44.17% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 43.25% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 43.20% |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 48.72% |