Automatic Data Processing vs Robert Half
Automatic Data Processing reported revenue of $21.9 billion in fiscal 2026, 4.1 times Robert Half's $5.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Automatic Data Processing's revenue grew 6.7% in its latest year, and Robert Half's fell 7.2%. Free cash flow was $5.2 billion at Automatic Data Processing and $267 million at Robert Half. Their fiscal years end in different months (June 30 and December 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Automatic Data Processing | Robert Half | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2026, Jun 30, 2026 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $21.9B | $5.4B |
| Revenue growth | 6.7% | −7.2% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 7.9% | 1.0% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 37.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 1.4% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 2.5% |
| Free cash flow | $5.2B | $267M |
| Free cash flow margin | 23.9% | 5.0% |
| Return on capital | 68.8% | 6.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.1x | −3.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $4.7B | $330M |
| Change in diluted share count | −1.3% | −2.6% |
| Last close | $301.12 | $44.98 |
| P/E at the last close | 27.5× | 39.1× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | bought $745,695, sold $13.8 million | sold $187,799 |
| Piotroski F-score | 9 of 9 | 4 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
Automatic Data ProcessingRobert Half
Operating margin
Percent of revenue
Automatic Data ProcessingRobert Half
Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
Automatic Data ProcessingRobert Half
Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Automatic Data Processing and Robert Half pages.