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% quarter-over-quarter 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.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 48.28%, up 58.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 46.23% (up 24.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 46.03%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin improved to 48.28% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 46.08% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 48.28% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 42.2% in Q2 2022.
- A 5-year average of 45.31% and a median of 45.12% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Gross Margin soared 242 bps in 2023, then decreased 30 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 44.19% in 2022, then gained by 2 bps to 45.12% in 2023, then grew by 1 bps to 45.68% in 2024, then advanced by 1 bps to 46.08% in 2025, then climbed by 5 bps to 48.28% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADP's Gross Margin at 48.28% in Q1 2026, 46.08% in Q4 2025, and 45.2% in Q3 2025.
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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% |