Automatic Data Processing (ADP) earnings history
Most recent quarter
- Fiscal period
- Q4 2026
- Period end
- Jun 30, 2026
- EPS actual
- $2.64
- EPS estimate
- $2.59
- EPS surprise
- +1.74%
- Revenue surprise
- +0.67%
- Revenue
- $5.5B
- Revenue estimate
- $5.4B
- Reported
- Jul 29, 2026
ADP reported fiscal Q4 2026 results on July 29, 2026. Earnings per share were $2.64, beating the $2.59 estimate by 1.74%. Revenue was $5.5 billion against a $5.4 billion consensus, a 0.67% beat. Compared with Q4 2025, EPS rose about 17% from $2.26 and revenue rose about 8% from $5.1 billion.
The quarter completed fiscal 2026, with annual EPS of $11.12. That was about 11% above fiscal 2025's $10.00 and extended a rise in every year in the table, from $7.01 in fiscal 2022, $8.23 in 2023 and $9.18 in 2024. Over four years, annual EPS grew about 59%. Q3 was the largest EPS quarter of each fiscal year shown, and Q3 2026 set the highs here at $3.37 per share and $5.9 billion in revenue. Over the last 20 quarters, ADP beat the EPS estimate every time. Most beats were modest, and the largest was 10.90% in Q1 2022.
ADP reported fiscal Q1 between October 25 and October 30 in each of the past five years. That points to late October 2026 for the next report. It will be the first look at fiscal 2027 and show whether the year-over-year growth seen in fiscal 2026 continues.
Earnings history
| Period | Reported | EPS estimate | EPS actual | Surprise | Revenue | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | $2.59 | $2.64 | +1.74% | $5.5B | SEC |
| Q3 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | $3.29 | $3.37 | +2.36% | $5.9B | SEC |
| Q2 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | $2.57 | $2.62 | +1.78% | $5.4B | SEC |
| Q1 2026 | Oct 29, 2025 | $2.44 | $2.49 | +2.12% | $5.2B | SEC |
| Q4 2025 | Jul 30, 2025 | $2.23 | $2.26 | +1.33% | $5.1B | SEC |
| Q3 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $2.97 | $3.06 | +2.88% | $5.6B | SEC |
| Q2 2025 | Jan 29, 2025 | $2.29 | $2.35 | +2.52% | $5.0B | SEC |
| Q1 2025 | Oct 30, 2024 | $2.21 | $2.33 | +5.58% | $4.8B | SEC |
| Q4 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | $2.06 | $2.09 | +1.34% | $4.8B | SEC |
| Q3 2024 | May 1, 2024 | $2.79 | $2.88 | +3.39% | $5.3B | SEC |
| Q2 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | $2.10 | $2.13 | +1.46% | $4.7B | SEC |
| Q1 2024 | Oct 25, 2023 | $2.03 | $2.08 | +2.72% | $4.5B | SEC |
| Q4 2023 | Jul 26, 2023 | $1.83 | $1.89 | +3.30% | $4.5B | SEC |
| Q3 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 | $2.46 | $2.52 | +2.28% | $4.9B | SEC |
| Q2 2023 | Jan 25, 2023 | $1.93 | $1.96 | +1.33% | $4.4B | SEC |
| Q1 2023 | Oct 26, 2022 | $1.79 | $1.86 | +3.75% | $4.2B | SEC |
| Q4 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 | $1.46 | $1.50 | +2.55% | $4.1B | SEC |
| Q3 2022 | Apr 27, 2022 | $2.08 | $2.21 | +6.24% | $4.5B | SEC |
| Q2 2022 | Jan 26, 2022 | $1.63 | $1.65 | +1.31% | $4.0B | SEC |
| Q1 2022 | Oct 27, 2021 | $1.49 | $1.65 | +10.90% | $3.8B | SEC |
Quarterly revenue
Frequently asked questions
When did Automatic Data Processing (ADP) last report earnings?
Automatic Data Processing last reported on Jul 29, 2026, covering fiscal Q4 2026.
Did ADP beat earnings estimates?
Yes. Automatic Data Processing reported EPS of $2.64 for Q4 2026 against a $2.59 estimate — a 1.74% beat.
How much revenue did ADP report last quarter?
Automatic Data Processing reported $5.5B in revenue for Q4 2026, against a consensus estimate of $5.4B.
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