Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 260 Technology companies.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) scores 7.9 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as high quality. The reading rests on predictability, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, efficiency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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As of October 16, 2026, Automatic Data Processing Inc scores 7.9 out of 10 on the Lemma Quality Score, a reading of high quality. Businesses in this band tend to combine good returns with a sound balance sheet, even if one pillar lags the others. Nothing in it comes from the share price or from forecasts: it is Automatic Data Processing Inc’s own reported numbers, scored pillar by pillar.
Set against 260 Technology companies, Automatic Data Processing Inc lands at the 95th percentile, near the very top of the group. A typical company in the group scores 5.9, and the best quarter starts from 6.7. Automatic Data Processing Inc is well above that typical reading.
Profitability scores 7.9 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 252 Technology companies is 4.6, so Automatic Data Processing Inc is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 84th percentile. High profitability means each unit of capital and of sales is turning into more profit than at most of its peers, which is usually the first sign of pricing power or a cost advantage.
Solvency scores 8.1 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 194 Technology companies is 8.0, so Automatic Data Processing Inc is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 53rd percentile. Balance sheet strength like this rarely makes headlines, but it is what lets a company keep investing when credit gets expensive.
Automatic Data Processing Inc’s growth score is 6.3 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 6.4 among 207 Technology companies, that is in line with the group and the 47th percentile. Average growth reflects a business expanding at roughly the pace of its sector, without a clear acceleration or decline.
Efficiency has no score for Automatic Data Processing Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median efficiency score across 240 Technology companies is 7.1. Without it the overall cannot say how well reported profit turns into cash.
Predictability scores 9.4 out of 10, which reads as strong. None of the other Technology companies scores higher here, against a median of 4.7 across 258 of them. A strong predictability score rewards consistency: revenue and earnings that rarely surprise in either direction.
Predictability at 9.4 is Automatic Data Processing Inc’s best pillar and growth at 6.3 its weakest. The 3.1 point gap between them is worth keeping in mind when reading the overall. Leading with predictability suits a steady compounder, even if the other pillars are less striking. Slow growth limits how fast the business can compound, even when everything else is in order.
Automatic Data Processing Inc has no pillar below the median of Technology companies, which leaves little room to rise. Its exposure is to slippage instead, and profitability carries the most weight: one point less there would mean an overall of roughly 7.6 rather than 7.9. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 85 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Technology companies below are nearest to Automatic Data Processing Inc by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Automatic Data Processing Inc scores 7.9 out of 10, which reads as high quality. Its strongest pillar is predictability, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Automatic Data Processing Inc ranks at the 95th percentile of the 260 Technology companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.9 and the top quarter starts at 6.7, against Automatic Data Processing Inc’s 7.9.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 16, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for ADP are in the app.
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