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Bull: Higher-for-longer rates augment margins on PEO funds, while AI-driven insights capture market share.
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 for core payroll systems.
Massive network scale across global HCM markets.
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.
Maintain Hold. Fair value of $240.64 is supported by pristine accounting and structural advantages, capturing a 15-year wide moat duration.
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.
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.
Macro recession compresses billing metrics while falling rates strip float yield, dragging EPS growth down and contracting terminal multiples.
Deep recession triggers heavy workforce reductions, directly compressing seat-based billing metrics and organic revenue growth.
Rapid return to ZIRP structurally strips yield out of PEO client funds, removing a 100% margin tailwind.
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Decelerating earnings per share growth impairs the compounding thesis, demonstrating that share repurchases and modest organic gains can no longer compensate for macroeconomic headwinds.
Actuel :Diluted EPS was 9.98 for the period ended 2025-06-30
Alerte siDecelerates below 8.0% year-over-year for two consecutive quarters
Exceptionally high enterprise switching costs for core payroll systems.
Massive network scale across global HCM markets.
Recurring revenue model generating predictable cash flows.
Economic profit is supported when reported returns exceed the company cost-of-capital hurdle.
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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.
FCFF DCF remains positive at the base case: base FCFF $4.5B after capex $555.1M, with terminal value at 60.3% of enterprise value. No FCF cliff is projected unless capex/revenue or gross margin materially resets.
Higher-for-longer rates augment margins on PEO funds, while AI-driven insights capture market share. Sustainable top-line growth reaches 8-9%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Capital allocation should be evaluated against reinvestment needs, balance-sheet strength, and shareholder returns.
| Chiffre d'affaires | 20 560 900 000 |
|---|---|
| Coût des ventes | 11 097 300 000 |
| Marge brute | 9 463 600 000 |
| Charges d’exploitation | 4 051 700 000 |
| Résultat d'exploitation | 5 411 900 000 |
| Éléments hors exploitation et impôts | -1 332 200 000 |
| Résultat net | 4 079 700 000 |
| Total de l’actif | 53 369 300 000 |
|---|---|
| Trésorerie | 3 347 800 000 |
| Actifs courants | 43 252 200 000 |
| Total du passif | 47 181 300 000 |
| Passifs courants | 41 278 300 000 |
| Capitaux propres | 6 188 000 000 |
Données financières ponctuelles utilisées dans l’analyse du 2026-05-20.
| Période | Chiffre d'affaires | EBITDA | Résultat net | Flux de trésorerie d'exploitation | Flux de trésorerie disponible | Capex | Dotations aux amortissements | Rémunération en actions | Rachats d’actions | Dividendes versés | Émission nette de dette | Flux d’investissement | Flux de financement | Trésorerie d’ouverture | Trésorerie de clôture | Trésorerie et placements | Dette totale | Marge opérationnelle | ROIC | WACC | Écart ROIC−WACC |
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| 2022-06-30 | 16,5 Md | 4,4 Md | 2,9 Md | 3,1 Md | 2,5 Md | 553,4 M | 515,1 M | 201,7 M | 2 Md | 1,7 Md | -900 k | — | — | — | — | 1,4 Md | 3,4 Md | 23,1 % | — | 7,3 % | — |
| 2023-06-30 | 18 Md | 5,2 Md | 3,4 Md | 4,2 Md | 3,6 Md | 571,6 M | 549,3 M | 220,4 M | 1,1 Md | 1,9 Md | -1 M | — | — | — | — | 2,1 Md | 3,3 Md | 25,0 % | — | 8,2 % | — |
| 2024-06-30 | 19,2 Md | 5,8 Md | 3,8 Md | 4,2 Md | 3,6 Md | 563,4 M | 561,9 M | 243,5 M | 1,2 Md | 2,2 Md | -900 k | — | — | — | — | 2,9 Md | 3,3 Md | 25,8 % | — | 8,7 % | — |
| 2025-06-30 | 20,6 Md | 6,3 Md | 4,1 Md | 4,9 Md | 4,4 Md | 547 M | 582,4 M | 266,1 M | 1,3 Md | 2,4 Md | 5,7 Md | — | — | — | — | 3,3 Md | 9,1 Md | 26,3 % | — | — | — |
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.
Capital-light phase. Maintenance capex is structurally bounded. Massive ongoing share buybacks dominate capital returns.
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.
Macroeconomic recession triggers heavy workforce reductions. Falling interest rates strip yield from client funds.
Capital-light phase. Maintenance capex is structurally bounded. Massive ongoing share buybacks dominate capital returns.
Core holding sizing appropriate due to wide moat and predictable cash flows. Limit overweighting given the thin margin of safety on WACC.
Reassess if net revenue retention materially declines or if structural ZIRP returns, permanently impairing float yields.
Hold. The tightly clustered synthesis yields a fair value of $240.64, representing ~9% upside.
Severely undervalued by standard accounting metrics but accurately priced by intrinsic cash flow models. Extremely high predictability justifies current multiples.
Hold. The tightly clustered synthesis yields a fair value of $240.64, representing ~9% upside.
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Accelerated adoption of modern HCM platforms causes a material decline in net revenue retention.
Lower net retention signals enterprise client defections and reduced upsell penetration, eroding high-margin recurring software revenues and necessitating higher customer acquisition expenditures.
Actuel :Client retention actively tracked as of 2026-05-20
Alerte siDeclines by more than 200 basis points year-over-year
Competitive losses to modern cloud platforms permanently reduce large-scale payroll processing volume, undermining scale advantages and capping enterprise market share.
Actuel :Enterprise logo retention active as of 2026-05-20
Alerte siEnterprise client logo churn increases by more than 15.0% year-over-year
Widespread employment contraction directly shrinks seat-based billing counts, causing immediate operational deleveraging across core human capital management processing divisions.
Actuel :Seat-based billing metrics active as of 2026-05-20
Alerte siContracts by more than 3.0% year-over-year across 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.
Actuel :Client funds yielding 100% margin revenue as of 2026-05-20
Alerte siDeclines by more than 50 basis points sequentially over two consecutive quarters
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Consistent mid-single-digit revenue growth and aggressive share repurchases support steady double-digit EPS expansion. Fair value centers at $240.64.
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.
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.
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.
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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