Discontinued — last reported Q3 '18
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Capitalized Contract Cost, Net increased by 0.9% to $3.14B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.7%, from $3.00B to $3.14B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Capitalized Contract Cost, Net shows an upward trend with a 6.0% CAGR.
An increase suggests high investment in customer acquisition, while a decrease may indicate lower sales activity or changes in amortization schedules.
This represents the costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract that are capitalized and amortized over the expected...
Common in SaaS and service-based companies with high customer acquisition costs.
other_capitalized_contract_cost_net| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $2.50B | $2.46B | $2.45B | $2.50B | $2.58B | $2.55B | $2.57B | $2.64B | $2.77B | $2.76B | $2.79B | $2.84B | $2.97B | $2.98B | $2.94B | $3.00B | $3.15B | $3.12B | $3.11B | $3.14B |
| QoQ Change | — | -1.4% | -0.6% | +2.0% | +3.3% | -1.3% | +1.1% | +2.6% | +4.9% | -0.4% | +1.3% | +1.6% | +4.5% | +0.4% | -1.3% | +2.0% | +5.3% | -1.1% | -0.4% | +0.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +3.3% | +3.4% | +5.2% | +5.8% | +7.4% | +8.3% | +8.5% | +7.5% | +7.1% | +7.9% | +5.1% | +5.6% | +6.4% | +4.9% | +5.9% | +4.7% |