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Automatic Data Processing profit margin ADP

Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Net margin, 12 months
20.1%
Operating margin, 12 months
26.3%
Net margin on a year earlier
+0.3 pts
Peer median
19.3%

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Automatic Data Processing kept 20.1% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 26.3% and a gross margin of 46.4%.

Five years earlier its net margin was 17.3%.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 19.3%.

Profit margin over time

GrossOperatingNet

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNet marginOperating marginGross margin
FY202620.1%26.3%46.4%
FY202519.8%26.3%46.0%
FY202419.5%25.8%45.4%
FY202318.9%25.0%44.7%
FY202217.9%23.1%42.6%
FY202117.3%22.2%42.4%
FY202016.9%21.5%42.1%
FY201916.2%21.4%43.2%
FY201814.1%19.2%41.4%
FY201714.0%18.8%41.3%
FY201612.8%18.8%41.4%
FY201513.3%18.4%41.2%
FY201414.8%17.8%43.1%
FY201312.5%17.6%41.2%
FY201213.1%18.3%41.5%

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedNet margin, 12 monthsChange on a yearOperating margin
Q4 FY2620.1%+0.3 pts26.3%
Q3 FY2620.1%+0.3 pts26.5%
Q2 FY2620.0%+0.2 pts26.3%
Q1 FY2619.8%+0.1 pts26.2%
Q4 FY2519.8%+0.3 pts26.3%
Q3 FY2519.8%+0.2 pts26.3%
Q2 FY2519.8%+0.6 pts26.2%
Q1 FY2519.7%+0.6 pts26.1%
Q4 FY2419.5%+0.6 pts25.8%
Q3 FY2419.6%+1.1 pts25.8%
Q2 FY2419.1%+0.9 pts25.3%
Q1 FY2419.1%+1.1 pts25.1%

Against its peers

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

CompanyProfit margin
ADPAutomatic Data Processing20.1%
SNOWSnowflake−20.1%
UBERUber Technologies17.3%
ADBEAdobe28.0%
DDOGDatadog4.5%
INTUIntuit21.3%
NOWServiceNow11.3%
CDNSCadence Design Systems23.6%
APPAppLovin64.6%
CRMSalesforce22.0%
SHOPShopify14.5%
Peer median19.3%

Where Automatic Data Processing ranks

What the profit margin tells you

Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).

Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.

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