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FAQ
ADP — frequently asked questions
Is Automatic Data Processing, Inc. overvalued?
In our latest published analysis dated 2026-05-20, ADP looks modestly undervalued. The price recorded at analysis is 220 USD versus our fair value of 241 USD; the high endpoint is presented separately as potential value of 305 USD. That implies roughly 9.2% upside to fair value at that date.
Our latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-20, gives ADP a fair value of 241 USD and a potential value of 305 USD. The conclusion is triangulated across multiple valuation models and weighted by reliability for Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s archetype; it is a dated research output, not a live price.
Should I buy ADP now?
Our latest published rating for ADP, analyzed 2026-05-20, is Hold. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. looks modestly undervalued at the analysis-date price of 220 USD versus fair value of 241 USD; potential value is 305 USD. This is research for educational purposes, not personalized investment advice.
What are the biggest risks for ADP?
The dedicated bear-case section in our report analyzed 2026-05-20 documents Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s material risks, evidence, thresholds, and thesis-invalidation conditions. Scenario-specific explanations remain in that section so the report does not repeat or decontextualize them elsewhere.
What is ADP's rating?
Our latest published rating for ADP, analyzed 2026-05-20, is Hold, with a published moat assessment of 9/10 (Wide). It reflects our fair value of 241 USD, the potential value of 305 USD, and the price recorded at analysis (220 USD).
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§1 الملخص التنفيذيEN
الإجابة في 30 ثانيةHold
السعر مقابل القيمة
Price
$220.44
Fair value
$240.64
Potential value
$305.17
As of
تاريخ السعر غير مسجل
لماذا قد تنجح الفرضية
Bull: Higher-for-longer rates augment margins on PEO funds, while AI-driven insights capture market share.
ما الذي سيغيّر تقييمنا
Severe Macroeconomic Recession: Deep recession triggers heavy workforce reductions, directly compressing seat-based billing metrics and organic revenue growth.
ADP is a quintessential mature compounder dominating the global HCM and payroll processing markets. Its wide moat, built on exceptionally high switching costs and network scale, generates highly predictable free cash flow.
ADP is a quintessential mature compounder dominating the global HCM and payroll processing markets. Its wide moat, built on exceptionally high switching costs and network scale, generates highly predictable free cash flow.
Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs
Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs for core payroll systems.
Higher-for-longer interest rates act as a 100% margin tailwind on PEO funds. Accelerated enterprise adoption of Next Gen HCM drives top-line growth.
توصية الدار
Maintain Hold. Fair value of $240.64 is supported by pristine accounting and structural advantages, capturing a 15-year wide moat duration.
نظرة عامة على الشركة
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). The Employer Services segment offers strategic, cloud-based platforms, and human resources (HR) outsourcing solutions. This segment's offerings include RUN Powered by ADP, a software platform for small business payroll, HR, and compliance; ADP Workforce Now, a HCM solution used across mid-sized and large businesses to manage employees; and ADP Lyric HCM, a solution for HR management, payroll, workforce management, talent, and data analytics. The PEO Services segment provides HR and employment administration outsourcing solutions under ADP TotalSource name to businesses through a co-employment model. The segment also provides guidance, user-friendly technology, comprehensive employee benefits, and a risk management, safety, and workers' compensation program. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.
§2 السيناريو الهبوطيEN
Under a dual shock of employment contraction and falling interest rates, EPS growth could decelerate into the low single digits. Combined with multiple contraction to peer medians, intrinsic valuation faces extreme downside risk toward $173.
Decelerating earnings per share growth impairs the compounding thesis, demonstrating that share repurchases and modest organic gains can no longer compensate for macroeconomic headwinds.
الحالي:Diluted EPS was 9.98 for the period ended 2025-06-30
تنبيه إذاDecelerates below 8.0% year-over-year for two consecutive quarters
02
§3 الميزة التنافسيةEN
Wide
Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs for core payroll systems.
Economic profit is supported when reported returns exceed the company cost-of-capital hurdle.
9/ 10
Wide
Sources of advantage
01Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs for core payroll systems. — Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs for core payroll systems.Wide
02Massive network scale across global HCM markets. — Massive network scale across global HCM markets.Wide
Project SBC-adjusted , discount each year's earnings at , then add a Gordon-growth .
§5 الحساسية
معدل الخصم
النمو النهائي
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
6.8%
$290.57
$324.20
$366.63
$421.12
$421.12
7.8%
$240.64
$263.26
$290.57
$324.20
$366.63
8.8%
$205.36
$221.60
$240.64
$263.26
$290.57
9.8%
$179.10
$191.33
$205.36
$221.60
$240.64
10.8%
$158.79
$168.33
$179.10
$191.33
$205.36
الصفوف: معدل الخصم (Ke للأرباح؛ WACC للتدفقات النقدية). الأعمدة: النمو النهائي.
تغير المدة (سنوات)
Unavailable
مرجع الحساسية
The highlighted base cell is anchored to composite fair-value midpoint ($240.64). It is the reference value for this grid, not a separate standalone fair-value claim.
Consistent mid-single-digit revenue growth and aggressive share repurchases support steady double-digit expansion. centers at $240.64.
§7 شجرة قرارات الأرباحEN
تجاوز
Hold or add selectively
المُحفِّز: Upside surprise
If macro holds and rates stay high, expect steady double-digit EPS expansion via buybacks and float yield. If employment contracts, EPS growth will decelerate to mid-single digits.
متوافق
Hold
المُحفِّز: In-line results
If macro holds and rates stay high, expect steady double-digit EPS expansion via buybacks and float yield. If employment contracts, EPS growth will decelerate to mid-single digits.
دون التوقعات
Reassess
المُحفِّز: Downside surprise
If macro holds and rates stay high, expect steady double-digit EPS expansion via buybacks and float yield. If employment contracts, EPS growth will decelerate to mid-single digits.
جودة الأرباح
If macro holds and rates stay high, expect steady double-digit EPS expansion via buybacks and float yield. If employment contracts, EPS growth will decelerate to mid-single digits.
الحاليDiluted EPS was 9.98 for the period ended 2025-06-30
لماذا يهم
Warning level: Decelerates below 8.0% year-over-year for two consecutive quarters. Decelerating earnings per share growth impairs the compounding thesis, demonstrating that share repurchases and modest organic gains can no longer compensate for macroeconomic headwinds.
ADP trades at 18.1x forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1x; EV/EBITDA of 14.1x against a peer median of 22.5x; 6 peers.
§10 الصناعة والدورةEN
مرحلة الدورة
Expansion
Capital-light phase. Maintenance capex is structurally bounded. Massive ongoing share buybacks dominate capital returns.
دورة صعودية
Higher-for-longer interest rates act as a 100% margin tailwind on PEO funds. Accelerated enterprise adoption of Next Gen HCM drives top-line growth.
دورة هبوطية
Macroeconomic recession triggers heavy workforce reductions. Falling interest rates strip yield from client funds.
التموضع
Capital-light phase. Maintenance capex is structurally bounded. Massive ongoing share buybacks dominate capital returns.
§11 إدارة المراكزEN
حجم المركز
Core holding sizing appropriate due to wide moat and predictable cash flows. Limit overweighting given the thin margin of safety on WACC.
المخاطر
Reassess if net revenue retention materially declines or if structural ZIRP returns, permanently impairing float yields.
شرائح الدخول
المستوى
إجراء
لماذا
Current / pullbacks
Accumulate on any macro-driven weakness that does not impair the structural moat.
Accumulate on any macro-driven weakness that does not impair the structural moat.
شرائح الخروج
المستوى
إجراء
Thesis break
Reassess if net revenue retention materially declines or if structural ZIRP returns, permanently impairing float yields.
§12 وجهات نظر المستثمرينEN
Bull view
Buy
Hold. The tightly clustered synthesis yields a fair value of $240.64, representing ~9% upside.
Base view
Hold
Severely undervalued by standard accounting metrics but accurately priced by intrinsic cash flow models. Extremely high predictability justifies current multiples.
§14 التوصية النهائيةEN
إجراء
احتفاظ
Hold. The tightly clustered synthesis yields a fair value of $240.64, representing ~9% upside.
Reassess the thesis against the named valuation, risk, and quarterly checkpoint evidence in this report.
§15ملاحظاتك
دوّن أطروحتك الاستثمارية وحجم مركزك وأسئلة المتابعة. تبقى على هذا الجهاز، ولا يراها أحد سواك.
Lower net retention signals enterprise client defections and reduced upsell penetration, eroding high-margin recurring software revenues and necessitating higher customer acquisition expenditures.
الحالي:Client retention actively tracked as of 2026-05-20
تنبيه إذاDeclines by more than 200 basis points year-over-year
03
Enterprise Logo Churn Acceleration
Competitive losses to modern cloud platforms permanently reduce large-scale payroll processing volume, undermining scale advantages and capping enterprise market share.
الحالي:Enterprise logo retention active as of 2026-05-20
تنبيه إذاEnterprise client logo churn increases by more than 15.0% year-over-year
04
Total Payslips Processed Volume
Widespread employment contraction directly shrinks seat-based billing counts, causing immediate operational deleveraging across core human capital management processing divisions.
الحالي:Seat-based billing metrics active as of 2026-05-20
تنبيه إذاContracts by more than 3.0% year-over-year across two consecutive quarters
05
Client Funds Extended Interest Yield
Falling benchmark interest rates eliminate pure-margin float income earned on held funds, removing a critical profit tailwind and reducing consolidated operating margins.
الحالي:Client funds yielding 100% margin revenue as of 2026-05-20
تنبيه إذاDeclines by more than 50 basis points sequentially over two consecutive quarters
Monitor the threat against the report checkpoints.
Consistent mid-single-digit revenue growth and aggressive share repurchases support steady double-digit EPS expansion. Fair value centers at $240.64.
الحاليClient retention actively tracked as of 2026-05-20
لماذا يهم
Warning level: Declines by more than 200 basis points year-over-year. Lower net retention signals enterprise client defections and reduced upsell penetration, eroding high-margin recurring software revenues and necessitating higher customer acquisition expenditures.
03
المقياس:
Enterprise Logo Churn Acceleration
الحاليEnterprise logo retention active as of 2026-05-20
لماذا يهم
Warning level: Enterprise client logo churn increases by more than 15.0% year-over-year. Competitive losses to modern cloud platforms permanently reduce large-scale payroll processing volume, undermining scale advantages and capping enterprise market share.
04
المقياس:
Total Payslips Processed Volume
الحاليSeat-based billing metrics active as of 2026-05-20
لماذا يهم
Warning level: Contracts by more than 3.0% year-over-year across two consecutive quarters. Widespread employment contraction directly shrinks seat-based billing counts, causing immediate operational deleveraging across core human capital management processing divisions.
05
المقياس:
Client Funds Extended Interest Yield
الحاليClient funds yielding 100% margin revenue as of 2026-05-20
لماذا يهم
Warning level: Declines by more than 50 basis points sequentially over two consecutive quarters. Falling benchmark interest rates eliminate pure-margin float income earned on held funds, removing a critical profit tailwind and reducing consolidated operating margins.
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