Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Net Margin of 17.88% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 0.11 percentage points from 17.76% a year earlier but down 5.02 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Automatic Data Processing posted Net Margin of 20.11%, up 0.27 percentage points from FY2025.
- Net Margin has increased for eight consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +2.79 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Net Margin came in at 19.84% in FY2025 (+0.30 pp), 19.54% in FY2024 (+0.60 pp), 18.94% in FY2023 (+1.07 pp) and 17.87% in FY2022 (+0.56 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Net Margin spans a low of 15.15% in fiscal Q4 2022 and a high of 22.90% in fiscal Q3 2026.
- Year over year, Net Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.29 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Net Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 2.19 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2022 (a drop of 0.27 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at 22.90% (Q3 2026), 19.82% (Q2 2026) and 19.57% (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 480.73 Bn | 449.68 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 54.86% |
| 2 | Oracle | 399.91 Bn | 272.04 Bn | - | 24.19% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 262.30 Bn | 190.08 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 22.07% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 202.26 Bn | 158.13 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 31.08% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 153.84 Bn | 132.30 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 7.47% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 114.84 Bn | 96.97 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 17.88% |
| 7 | Intuit | 91.04 Bn | 70.38 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 8.34% |
| 8 | Relx | 70.51 Bn | 69.60 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.24 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -7,044.56% |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 48.40 Bn | 45.18 Bn | - | 22.88% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.88% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.90% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 19.82% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 19.57% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 17.76% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.50% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 19.08% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.79% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 17.39% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 22.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 18.82% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 21.17% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.52% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.15% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.25% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.28% |
Automatic Data Processing Net Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
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params = {"slug": "net-margin", "ticker": "ADP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=ADP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();