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Automatic Data Processing (MEX:ADAP) Dividend Payout Ratio : 0.66 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Automatic Data Processing Dividend Payout Ratio?

The Dividend Payout Ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income. It is calculated as the Dividends per Share divided by the Earnings per Share (Diluted) during the same time period. Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.66.

The historical rank and industry rank for Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:ADAP' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 0.59   Max: 0.68
Current: 0.6


During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Automatic Data Processing was 0.68. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 0.59.

MEX:ADAP's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
71.5% of 849 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.38 vs MEX:ADAP: 0.60

As of today (2025-03-27), the Dividend Yield % of Automatic Data Processing is 1.99%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Automatic Data Processing was 2.93%. The lowest was 1.54%. And the median was 2.03%.

Automatic Data Processing's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN32.12.

During the past 12 months, Automatic Data Processing's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Automatic Data Processing was 27.30% per year. The lowest was 6.10% per year. And the median was 14.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Automatic Data Processing Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio 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 Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Automatic Data Processing Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Dividend Payout Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 0.46 0.58 0.58 0.59

Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Dividend Payout Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.49 0.67 0.60 0.66

Competitive Comparison of Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio 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 Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.


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Automatic Data Processing Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

The Dividend Payout Ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income. It is calculated as the Dividends per Share divided by the Earnings per Share (Diluted) during the same time period.

Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (A: Jun. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (A: Jun. 2024 )
=99.845/ 168.179
=0.59

Automatic Data Processing's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=32.118/ 49.011
=0.66

* 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 (MEX:ADAP) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Dividend Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.


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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.