Automatic Data Processing (ADPD) Stock Overview

Provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions worldwide. More details

ADPD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 49.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings grew by 8.7% over the past year

Pays a reliable dividend of 3.11%

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Automatic Data Processing
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$37.59
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	0.85
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	0%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	ADPD	AR Professional Services	AR Market
7D	n/a	-2.6%	-2.7%
1Y	n/a	-21.4%	54.7%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how ADPD performed against the AR Professional Services industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how ADPD performed against the AR Market.

Price Volatility

Is ADPD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ADPD volatility
ADPD Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Professional Services Industry Average Movement	5.9%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in AR Market	7.8%
10% least volatile stocks in AR Market	3.6%

Stable Share Price: ADPD's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the AR market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine ADPD's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1949	67,000	Maria Black	www.adp.com

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.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Automatic Data Processing's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
ADPD fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$87.31b
Earnings (TTM)	US$4.35b
Revenue (TTM)	US$21.60b

20.1x

P/E Ratio

4.0x

P/S Ratio

Is ADPD overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ADPD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$21.60b
Cost of Revenue	US$11.12b
Gross Profit	US$10.48b
Other Expenses	US$6.13b
Earnings	US$4.35b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	10.87
Gross Margin	48.50%
Net Profit Margin	20.12%
Debt/Equity Ratio	62.7%

How did ADPD perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.1%

Current Dividend Yield

60%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/22 02:22
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/19 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is covered by 39 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Argus Research Company
Mark Marcon	Baird
Ramsey El-Assal	Barclays