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FCF Margin for Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

23.8%

YoY change

+4.49pp

Trough year (1989)

6.4%

Peak year (2025)

23.2%

FCF Margin history chart for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 23.2%

FCF Margin change chart for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +4.49pp

FCF Margin history table for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202523.2%+4.49pp
  • 202418.7%-1.47pp
  • 202320.2%+4.75pp
  • 202215.4%-1.81pp
  • 202117.2%+0.73pp
  • 202016.5%+1.55pp
  • 201915.0%-0.37pp
  • 201815.3%+1.97pp
  • 201713.4%+0.74pp
  • 201612.6%-1.72pp
  • 201514.4%+2.44pp
  • 201411.9%+0.47pp
  • 201311.4%-4.13pp
  • 201215.6%+1.12pp
  • 201114.5%-1.85pp
  • 201016.3%+1.54pp
  • 200914.8%-2.44pp
  • 200817.2%+4.69pp
  • 200712.5%-8.00pp
  • 200620.5%+5.01pp
  • 200515.5%+0.18pp
  • 200415.3%-4.71pp
  • 200320.0%+1.81pp
  • 200218.2%-0.38pp
  • 200118.6%+3.38pp
  • 200015.2%+4.95pp
  • 199910.3%+3.70pp
  • 19986.6%-6.66pp
  • 199713.2%-0.25pp
  • 199613.5%+1.00pp
  • 199512.5%-3.66pp
  • 199416.1%+2.46pp
  • 199313.7%-5.97pp
  • 199219.6%+1.60pp
  • 199118.0%+5.51pp
  • 199012.5%+6.08pp
  • 19896.4%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Automatic Data Processing's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

According to Automatic Data Processing's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 23.8%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

In 2025, Automatic Data Processing (ADP) free cash flow margin totalled 23.20% – expanded 4.5 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual free cash flow margin of 23.20% was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was 6.45% in 1989.

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin by Year

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin 2025: 23.2%

2025's free cash flow margin for Automatic Data Processing came in at 23.20%, expanded 4.5 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin 2024: 18.7%

Automatic Data Processing posted free cash flow margin of 18.72% in 2024, contracted 1.5 percentage points from 2023.

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin 2023: 20.2%

In 2023, Automatic Data Processing reported free cash flow margin of 20.19%, expanded 4.8 percentage points from 2022.

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin 2022: 15.4%

Automatic Data Processing free cash flow margin in 2022 was 15.43%, contracted 1.8 percentage points from 2021.

Automatic Data Processing FCF Margin 2021: 17.2%

Automatic Data Processing free cash flow margin in 2021 was 17.24%.

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