Growth Metrics

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has disclosed Return on Equity for 18 consecutive years, with 0.68% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 5.0% year-over-year to 0.68%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.68%, down 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.76%, 90.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.68% in Q1 2026 for Automatic Data Processing, up from 0.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 2.37% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.62% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.05%, with a median of 0.82% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Equity skyrocketed 132bps in 2022 and then plummeted -125bps in 2024.
  • Automatic Data Processing's Return on Equity stood at 1.13% in 2022, then decreased by -19bps to 0.91% in 2023, then fell by -17bps to 0.75% in 2024, then dropped by -12bps to 0.66% in 2025, then rose by 3bps to 0.68% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.68%, 0.66%, and 0.66% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.