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Automatic Data Processing price to free cash flow ADP

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
23.0×
10-year median
26.7×
Against its 10-year history
20th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
16.1× to 40.6×
Peer median
35.9×

Automatic Data Processing's price to free cash flow is 23.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.7×, lower than on 80% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.1× in May 2026 to 40.6× in Dec 2021.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 35.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far23.0×16.1×23.4×
202522.8×22.2×28.8×
202427.3×25.2×30.2×
202326.5×22.1×29.0×
202228.2×28.0×39.3×
202140.6×23.7×40.6×
202025.9×17.9×28.9×
201926.4×23.7×29.8×
201825.2×24.5×30.9×
201729.3×20.6×29.5×
201624.0×20.8×29.7×
201527.1×19.6×28.0×
201421.5×20.6×22.8×
201322.2×18.1×23.3×
201217.2×12.6×17.6×
201114.3×12.7×16.3×
201012.9×10.8×13.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Application nearest Automatic Data Processing's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
ADPAutomatic Data Processing23.0×
SNOWSnowflake96.1×
UBERUber Technologies13.5×
ADBEAdobe9.7×
DDOGDatadog81.9×
INTUIntuit10.6×
NOWServiceNow35.9×
CDNSCadence Design Systems51.9×
APPAppLovinn/m
CRMSalesforce13.5×
SHOPShopify92.3×
Peer median35.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.