Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP
What this company does
Written from the business description in AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 August 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +7.9% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +11.2%, earnings per share at +12.5%.
The share count fell from 0.42B to 0.40B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 72 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 21.9 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| Operating income $B | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| EBITDA $B | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Income tax $B | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Net income $B | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 10.94 | 9.98 | 9.10 | 8.21 | 7.00 | 6.07 | 5.70 | 5.24 | 4.25 | 3.97 | 3.25 | 3.05 | 3.14 | 2.89 | 2.82 | 2.52 | 2.40 | 2.63 | 2.34 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 6.64 | 6.02 | 5.45 | 4.79 | 4.05 | 3.70 | 3.52 | 3.06 | 2.52 | 2.24 | 2.08 | 1.95 | 1.88 | 1.70 | 1.55 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.10 |
| Payout % | 60 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 63 | 64 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 47 | 44 |
| ROE % | 72.2 | 76.0 | 93.1 | 101.3 | 66.3 | 45.5 | 44.2 | 45.2 | 43.3 | 42.3 | 32.1 | 25.3 | 23.6 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 25.0 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 | · |
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This company against its peers
Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 2 checks could not be computed.