Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Operating Margin of 22.99% for Q1 2026, down 2504.0% year-over-year from 0.96% in Q1 2025, and up 23.59% quarter-over-quarter from 30.08% in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 22.99% in Q1 2026.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 22.99%, down 2504.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.91% (up 1397.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.77%, up 2990.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin climbed to 22.99% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 30.08% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 71.21% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 119.59% in Q2 2024.
- A 5-year average of 17.98% and a median of 22.99% in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Margin tumbled 10598 bps in 2023, then surged 11732 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 32.41% in 2022, then advanced by 2 bps to 31.76% in 2023, then rose by 2 bps to 31.14% in 2024, then climbed by 3 bps to 30.08% in 2025, then rose by 24 bps to 22.99% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADP's Operating Margin at 22.99% in Q1 2026, 30.08% in Q4 2025, and 31.66% in Q3 2025.
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| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -22.99% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -30.08% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -31.66% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -2.27% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -31.14% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -119.59% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -31.76% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -3.56% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -34.77% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -32.41% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -33.76% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 71.21% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -4.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -8.86% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -35.24% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -41.00% |