Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP)

NASDAQ: ADP · USD

$274

+3.43 (+1.3%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-20

Our latest published analysis: ADP rated Hold

Maintain Hold. Fair value of $240.64 is supported by pristine accounting and structural advantages, capturing a 15-year wide moat duration.

Fair value (mid)

$241 / share

$173 – $305

Upside to FV

+9.2%

from $274

Confidence

90/100

Moat

9/10

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Market cap	$88.1B
Revenue (ttm)	21.9B
Net income (ttm)	4.4B
EPS (ttm)	$10.9
Shares out	397.3M
P/E (trailing)	25.0x
P/E (forward)	18.1x
Dividend	$6.80 (2.49%)
Volume	2,747,851
Beta	0.82
Price target	$287	+4.8%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 21.9B
Net income (ttm): 4.4B
EPS (ttm): $10.9
P/E (trailing): 25.0x
P/E (forward): 18.1x
Market cap: $88.1B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-06-30	2023-06-30	2024-06-30	2025-06-30	Trend
Revenue	$16.50B	$18.01B	$19.20B	$20.56B	+7.6%
Gross profit	$7.04B	$8.06B	$8.73B	$9.46B	+10.4%
Operating income	$3.80B	$4.51B	$4.95B	$5.41B	+12.5%
Net income	$2.95B	$3.41B	$3.75B	$4.08B	+11.4%
EPS (diluted)	$7.00	$8.21	$9.10	$9.98	+12.5%
EBITDA	$4.40B	$5.24B	$5.80B	$6.35B	+13.0%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$3.23B	$3.55B	$3.78B	$4.05B	+7.8%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000008670
Company name	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	053015103
Employees	67,000
Employees Change	3,000%
Employees Change Percent	4.69
Enterprise value	$109.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Software - Application
Industry PE	71.04
Industry PE Fwd	19.67
Isin	US0530151036
Last refreshed	2026-08-07
Market cap	$108.7B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$274
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	327,573.13x
Sector	Technology
Sector PE	35.91
Sector PE Fwd	20.45
Sic	7374
Symbol	ADP
Website	https://www.adp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.06%
EV Earnings	24.88x
EV Sales Forward	4.73x
EV/EBIT	19.41x
EV/EBITDA	17.59x
EV/FCF	20.94x
EV/Sales	5x
FCF yield	4.83%
Forward P/E	22.31x
P/B ratio	18.04x
P/E ratio	25x
P/S ratio	4.95x
PE Ratio10 Y	28.71x
PE Ratio3 Y	26.91x
PE Ratio5 Y	28.64x
PS Forward	4.68x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	25.77%
EBITDA Margin	28.44%
FCF margin	23.9%
Gross margin	48.65%
Gross Profit	$10.7B
Gross Profit Growth	7.32%
Gross Profit Growth Q	8.33%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	7.86%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	9.55%
Net Income	$4.4B
Net Income Growth	8.18%
Net Income Growth Q	7.46%
Net Income Growth Quarters	20%
Net Income Growth Years	10%
Net Income Growth3 Y	8.96%
Net Income Growth5 Y	11.18%
Pretax Margin	26.11%
Profit Margin	20.11%
Profit Per Employee	$65,873
Profitable Quarters	$134
Profitable Years	34
ROA	6.25
Roa5y	5.55
ROCE	42.95
ROE	72.24
Roe5y	81.8
ROIC	60.73
Roic5y	63.4

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	14.27%
Cagr15y	15.89%
Cagr1y	-6.13%
Cagr20y	13.36%
Cagr3y	6.09%
Cagr5y	7.43%
Div CAGR10	12.31%
Div CAGR3	11.5%
Div CAGR5	12.41%
EPS Growth	9.62
EPS Growth Q	9.97
EPS Growth Quarters	20
EPS Growth Years	10
EPS Growth3 Y	10.04
EPS Growth5 Y	12.5
FCF Growth	9.93%
FCF Growth Q	-3.55%
FCF Growth3 Y	9.44%
FCF Growth5 Y	12.47%
OCF Growth	10.15%
OCF Growth Q	-0.78%
OCF Growth10 Y	11.11%
OCF Growth3 Y	8.95%
OCF Growth5 Y	11.96%
Revenue Growth	6.74x
Revenue Growth Q	6.77x
Revenue Growth Quarters	22x
Revenue Growth Years	12x
Revenue Growth3 Y	6.81x
Revenue Growth5 Y	7.9x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.38
Assets	$63.2B
Cash	$4.2B
Current Assets	$52.6B
Current Liabilities	$50B
Debt	$5.5B
Debt EBITDA	$0.88
Debt Equity	$0.91
Debt FCF	$1.05
Equity	$6B
Interest Coverage	12.31
Liabilities	$57.2B
Long Term Assets	$10.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$7.1B
Net Cash	$-1.1B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-1.05
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.18
Net Debt Equity	$0.19
Net Debt FCF	$0.22
Tangible Book Value	$1.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$2.75
WACC	8.66

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.05
Net Working Capital	$-1.5B
Quick ratio	0.15
Working Capital	$2.5B
Working Capital Turnover	$9.73

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.32%
Dividend Growth	10.3%
Dividend Growth Years	51%
Dividend per share	$6.8
Dividend Years	53
Dividend Yield	2.49%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-12
Last Dividend	$1.7
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	62.16%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	279.56%
1Y total return	-6.12%
200-day SMA	235.7
3Y total return	19.42%
50-day SMA	239.5
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	43.11%
All Time High	329.9
All Time High Change	-17.1%
All Time High Date	2025-06-06
All Time Low	0.23
All Time Low Change	121,298.14%
All Time Low Date	1968-03-05
ATR	8.39
Beta	0.82
Beta1y	0.35
Beta2y	0.54
Ch YTD	6.33
High	273.8
High52	310.1
High52 Date	2025-08-20
High52ch	-11.79%
Low	269.2
Low52	188.2
Low52 Date	2026-04-10
Low52ch	45.36%
Ma50ch	14.21%
Premarket Change Percent	0.34
Premarket Price	$271
Premarket Volume	4,715
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.06%
RSI	68.52
RSI Monthly	54.93
RSI Weekly	65.89
Sharpe ratio	-0.25x
Sortino ratio	-0.15
Total Return	3.81%
Tr YTD	8.02
Tr15y	812.93%
Tr1m	12.9%
Tr1w	3.65%
Tr3m	30.86%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	18
Analyst Count Top	5
Analyst Price Target Top	$287
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$2.6
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	15.04
Earnings Revenue Estimate	5,436,596,552x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	6.04x
Operating Income	$5.8B
Operating Income Growth	6.7
Operating Income Growth Q	4.27
Operating Income Growth3 Y	8.41
Operating Income Growth5 Y	11.41
Operating margin	26.54
Price target	$287
Price Target Change	$4.81
Price Target Change Top	$4.86

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	396,895,937%
Float Percent	99.91%
Net Borrowing	-3,678,700,000
Shares Insiders	0.09%
Shares Institutions	89.24%
Shares Out	397,262,737
Shares Qo Q	-0.7%
Shares Yo Y	-1.32%
Short Float	3.64%
Short Ratio	5.05
Short Shares	3.63

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$5B
Adjusted OCF	5,198,600,000
Average Volume	2,506,535.15x
Bv Per Share	15.16
CAPEX	$-196.6M
Ch10y	205
Ch15y	465.1
Ch1m	12.9
Ch1w	3.65
Ch1y	-8.66
Ch20y	493.2
Ch3m	29.87
Ch3y	11.29
Ch5y	28.23
Ch6m	16.89
Change	1.27%
Change From Open	0.87
Close	270.1
Days Gap	0.4
Depreciation Amortization	585,900,000
Dollar Volume	751,564,727
Earnings Date	2026-07-29
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$5.7B
EBITDA	$6.2B
EPS	$10.94
F Score	6
FCF	$5.2B
FCF EV Yield	4.78x
FCF Per Share	$13.2
Financing CF	4,881,000,000
Fiscal Year End	June
Founded	1,949
Goodwill	3,284,400,000
Graham Number	61.0899
Graham Upside	-77.66
Income Tax	$1.3B
Investing CF	-4,713,800,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-29
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	1999-01-04
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-08-05
Lynch Fair Value	$122
Lynch Upside	-55.3
Ma150	227.2
Ma150ch	20.36%
Ma20	257.2
Ma20ch	6.36%
Net CF	5,570,600,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-28
Open	271.2
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	20.72
P FCF Ratio SBC	21.72
P OCF Ratio	19.97
P OCF Ratio SBC	20.9
Payment Date	2026-07-01
Position In Range	93.49
Post Close	273.5
Postmarket Change Percent	0.18
Postmarket Price	$274
Ppne	1,029,900,000
Pre Close	270.1
Price Date	2026-08-06
Price EBITDA	$17.41
Ptbv Ratio	99.36
Relative Volume	1.1x
Revenue	21,947,400,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.11x
Share Based Comp	242,600,000
Tax By Revenue	6x
Tax Rate	22.98%
Tr20y	1,127.03%
Tr6m	18.75%
Us State	New Jersey
Views	205
Volume	2,747,851
Z Score	2.37

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What is the latest published ADP stock rating?

Automatic Data Processing Inc. is shown with hold in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-20. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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What fair-value range is used for ADP?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-20 frames ADP around USD 173 to USD 305. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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