Automatic Data Processing has a total shareholder equity of $6.4B and total debt of $4.0B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 62.6%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $64.5B and $58.1B respectively. Automatic Data Processing's EBIT is $5.8B making its interest coverage ratio 43.5. It has cash and short-term investments of $3.2B.
Key information
62.63%
Debt to equity ratio
US$3.98b
Debt
Interest coverage ratio
43.5x
Cash
US$3.23b
Equity
US$6.35b
Total liabilities
US$58.13b
Total assets
US$64.48b
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: ADP's short term assets ($54.2B) exceed its short term liabilities ($52.0B).
Long Term Liabilities: ADP's short term assets ($54.2B) exceed its long term liabilities ($6.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: ADP's net debt to equity ratio (11.8%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: ADP's debt to equity ratio has increased from 35.2% to 62.6% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: ADP's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (137.1%).
Interest Coverage: ADP's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (43.5x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/04/30 23:37
End of Day Share Price
2026/04/30 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/06/30
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Analyst Sources
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is covered by 40 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.