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ADP Dividend History, Yield & Dates

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TechnologySoftware - ApplicationScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

ADPAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.

Technology / Software - Application

Leader

Sector Leader

BullishEdge 10/10
$294.50+$1.75 (+0.60%)

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  • Momentum
    89
  • Value
    58
  • Quality
    79
  • Risk resilience
    61
  • Sentiment
    45
algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

ADP Dividend answer

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.31%, or $6.80 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.31%, from $6.80 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.70 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 11, 2026. Payment date: Oct 1, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.

ADP Dividend Snapshot

Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

History
47
dividends captured
Growth years
10
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
65/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
1.46%
0.69% buyback yield

Next ADP Dividend Date

When ADP next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next ADP dividend

Not announced

ADP's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $1.70 per share. Data last checked: Oct 9, 2026.

Ex-date
Unknown
unknown
Pay date
Oct 1, 2026
Frequency
quarterly

Latest ADP Dividend Dates

Sep 11, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
2.31%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.31%
TTM dividends / latest available price
Forward dividend yield
2.31%
Latest dividend × 4 a year = $6.80 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$6.80
10.39% vs prior complete year
Latest dividend
$1.70
0.00% vs prior payment
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Sep 11, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Oct 1, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Not announced
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
59.51%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
54.55%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
1.83x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality79/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value58/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience61/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

ADP Dividend History

Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Dividend reliability

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
2.31%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing income rising
10.39% vs prior complete year
FCF coverage
Covered by FCF
1.83x
Payout ratio
59.51%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Dec 24
$1.54
Mar 25
$1.54
Jun 25
$1.54
Sep 25
$1.54
Dec 25
$1.70
Mar 26
$1.70
Jun 26
$1.70
Sep 26
$1.70

ADP Annual Dividend History

2016 - 2026
11 plotted years

ADP Dividend Growth

+10.39% 1Y
Latest increase +10.39%
Latest ADP Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Aug 5, 2026
Ex-date
Sep 11, 2026
Record
Sep 11, 2026
Paid
Oct 1, 2026

Latest row amount $1.70, event yield 2.54%.

Event field coverage
Declaration41/41
Record41/41
Payment41/41
Frequency41/41
History depth
41 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 11, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 9, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
41/41 pay
41/41 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.

Dividend growth

ADP regular dividend growth, 2020–2025
5-year regular dividend CAGR
11.54%
Cohort rank
#69
Cohort standing
Top quartile
Technology rank
#15
2020 regular DPS
$3.660
2025 regular DPS
$6.320
Absolute change
$2.660
Years increased
5
Years reduced
0

ADP's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 11.54% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #69 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

ADP Dividend Yield

How ADP's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

ADP's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.31%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$6.80

Dividend coverage

What ADP's dividend is paid out of

Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.

Payout ratio
59.51%
FCF coverage
1.83x

Recent ADP dividend payments

41 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 41 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 11, 2026$1.70
$1.70
2.54%Quarterly$6.80Aug 5, 2026Sep 11, 2026Oct 1, 2026
Jun 12, 2026$1.70
$1.70
2.94%Quarterly$6.64Apr 8, 2026Jun 12, 2026Jul 1, 2026
Mar 13, 2026$1.70
$1.70
3.11%Quarterly$6.48Jan 14, 2026Mar 13, 2026Apr 1, 2026
Dec 12, 2025$1.70
$1.70
2.38%Quarterly$6.32Nov 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025Jan 1, 2026
Sep 12, 2025$1.54
$1.54
2.10%Quarterly$6.16Aug 6, 2025Sep 12, 2025Oct 1, 2025
Show older history+36 rows
Jun 13, 2025$1.54
$1.54
1.96%Quarterly$6.02Apr 8, 2025Jun 13, 2025Jul 1, 2025
Mar 14, 2025$1.54
$1.54
2.02%Quarterly$5.88Jan 15, 2025Mar 14, 2025Apr 1, 2025
Dec 13, 2024$1.54
$1.54
1.93%Quarterly$5.74Nov 6, 2024Dec 13, 2024Jan 1, 2025
Sep 13, 2024$1.40
$1.40
2.02%Quarterly$5.60Aug 7, 2024Sep 13, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Jun 14, 2024$1.40
$1.40
2.25%Quarterly$5.45Apr 3, 2024Jun 14, 2024Jul 1, 2024
Mar 7, 2024$1.40
$1.40
2.17%Quarterly$5.30Jan 10, 2024Mar 8, 2024Apr 1, 2024
Dec 7, 2023$1.40
$1.40
2.24%Quarterly$5.15Nov 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023Jan 1, 2024
Sep 7, 2023$1.25
$1.25
2.00%Quarterly$5.00Aug 3, 2023Sep 8, 2023Oct 1, 2023
Jun 8, 2023$1.25
$1.25
2.23%Quarterly$4.79Apr 12, 2023Jun 9, 2023Jul 1, 2023
Mar 9, 2023$1.25
$1.25
2.09%Quarterly$4.58Jan 11, 2023Mar 10, 2023Apr 1, 2023
Dec 8, 2022$1.25
$1.25
1.68%Quarterly$4.37Nov 9, 2022Dec 9, 2022Jan 1, 2023
Sep 8, 2022$1.04
$1.04
1.72%Quarterly$4.16Aug 3, 2022Sep 9, 2022Oct 1, 2022
Jun 9, 2022$1.04
$1.04
1.88%Quarterly$4.05Apr 6, 2022Jun 10, 2022Jul 1, 2022
Mar 10, 2022$1.04
$1.04
1.88%Quarterly$3.94Jan 12, 2022Mar 11, 2022Apr 1, 2022
Dec 9, 2021$1.04
$1.04
1.65%Quarterly$3.83Nov 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021Jan 1, 2022
Sep 9, 2021$0.93
$0.93
1.83%Quarterly$3.72Aug 4, 2021Sep 10, 2021Oct 1, 2021
Jun 10, 2021$0.93
$0.93
1.85%Quarterly$3.70Apr 7, 2021Jun 11, 2021Jul 1, 2021
Mar 11, 2021$0.93
$0.93
2.03%Quarterly$3.68Jan 13, 2021Mar 12, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Dec 10, 2020$0.93
$0.93
2.13%Quarterly$3.66Nov 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020Jan 1, 2021
Sep 10, 2020$0.91
$0.91
2.76%Quarterly$3.64Aug 5, 2020Sep 11, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Jun 11, 2020$0.91
$0.91
2.46%Quarterly$3.52Apr 8, 2020Jun 12, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Mar 12, 2020$0.91
$0.91
2.61%Quarterly$3.40Jan 15, 2020Mar 13, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Dec 12, 2019$0.91
$0.91
1.96%Quarterly$3.28Nov 12, 2019Dec 13, 2019Jan 1, 2020
Sep 12, 2019$0.79
$0.79
1.97%Quarterly$3.16Aug 6, 2019Sep 13, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Jun 13, 2019$0.79
$0.79
1.86%Quarterly$3.06Apr 3, 2019Jun 14, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Mar 7, 2019$0.79
$0.79
1.97%Quarterly$2.96Jan 15, 2019Mar 8, 2019Apr 1, 2019
Dec 13, 2018$0.79
$0.79
2.03%Quarterly$2.80Nov 6, 2018Dec 14, 2018Jan 1, 2019
Sep 13, 2018$0.69
$0.69
1.80%Quarterly$2.64Aug 2, 2018Sep 14, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Jun 7, 2018$0.69
$0.69
1.87%Quarterly$2.52Apr 11, 2018Jun 8, 2018Jul 1, 2018
Mar 8, 2018$0.63
$0.63
2.05%Quarterly$2.40Jan 16, 2018Mar 9, 2018Apr 1, 2018
Dec 7, 2017$0.63
$0.63
2.02%Quarterly$2.34Nov 7, 2017Dec 8, 2017Jan 1, 2018
Sep 7, 2017$0.57
$0.57
2.09%Quarterly$2.28Aug 2, 2017Sep 8, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Jun 7, 2017$0.57
$0.57
2.22%Quarterly—Apr 5, 2017Jun 9, 2017Jul 1, 2017
Mar 8, 2017$0.57
$0.57
2.12%Quarterly—Jan 18, 2017Mar 10, 2017Apr 1, 2017
Dec 7, 2016$0.57
$0.57
2.21%Quarterly—Nov 9, 2016Dec 9, 2016Jan 1, 2017
Sep 7, 2016$0.53
$0.53
2.36%Quarterly—Aug 3, 2016Sep 9, 2016Oct 1, 2016
Dividend context
How to read ADP's dividend profile

Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.

Yield needs coverage

A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.

Payout ratio is context

A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.

Focused follow-on paths for yield methodology, payout coverage, peer comparison, and income planning.

ADP Dividend Comparisons

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ADP Dividends FAQ

Does ADP pay a dividend?

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.70 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.

What is ADP's dividend yield?

ADP's trailing dividend yield is 2.31%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is ADP's next dividend?

ADP's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.

When is ADP's ex-dividend date?

ADP's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 11, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.

How has ADP's dividend changed?

ADP's one-year dividend growth is 10.39% based on comparable covered dividend history.