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ADP (Automatic Data Processing) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.09 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Automatic Data Processing Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Automatic Data Processing's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-137.50 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,525.80 Mil.

Hence, Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.09.


Automatic Data Processing Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Automatic Data Processing Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Automatic Data Processing Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
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Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Application subindustry, Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Automatic Data Processing Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-563.4) / 4157.6
=0.14

Automatic Data Processing's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-137.5) / 1525.8
=0.09

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Automatic Data Processing  (NAS:ADP) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Automatic Data Processing Business Description

Address
One ADP Boulevard, Roseland, NJ, USA, 07068
Automatic Data Processing is a global technology company providing cloud-based human capital management solutions enabling clients to better implement payroll, talent, time, tax, and benefits administration. Additionally, ADP provides human resource outsourcing solutions that allow customers to offload some of their traditional HR tasks. The company operates through two segments: employer services and the professional employer organization services. Employer services consists of the company's HCM products as well as a la carte HRO solutions. PEO services contains ADP's comprehensive HRO solution where it acts as a co-employer with its customer. As of fiscal 2024, ADP serves over 1.1 million clients and pays over 42 million workers across 140 countries.
Executives
Christopher D'ambrosio officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Brian L. Michaud officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Michael A Bonarti officer: Staff Vice President ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Virginia Magliulo officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
David Kwon officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAD NJ 07068
John Ayala officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Maria Black officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Joseph Desilva officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Don Mcguire officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Sreenivasa Kutam officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Carlos A Rodriguez officer: Corporate Vice President 10200 SUNSET DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33173
Brock Albinson officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Paul Boland officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Donald Weinstein officer: Corporate VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
James T Sperduto officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068