ADT Inc. provides security, automation, and smart home solutions to consumer and business customers in the United States. It provides a range of fire detection, fire suppression, video surveillance, and access control systems to residential, commercial, and multi-site customers. The company primarily offers monitored security and automation solutions, including the installation and monitoring of security and premises automation systems designed to detect intrusion, control access, sense movement, smoke, fire, carbon monoxide, flooding, temperature, and other environmental conditions and hazards; and address personal emergencies, such as injuries, medical emergencies, or incapacitation.
ADT Fundamentals Summary
How do ADT's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
Is ADT undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
2/6
Valuation Score 2/6
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: ADT ($6.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($15.27)
Significantly Below Fair Value: ADT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: ADT is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US Consumer Services industry average.
PE vs Market: ADT is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the US market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ADT's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: ADT is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (1.9x) compared to the US Consumer Services industry average (1.5x).
Future Growth
How is ADT forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 5 analysts?
Future Growth Score
5/6
Future Growth Score 5/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
108.9%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: ADT is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered faster growth than the savings rate (1.9%).
Earnings vs Market: ADT is forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years, which is considered above average market growth.
High Growth Earnings: ADT's is expected to become profitable in the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: ADT's revenue (9.1% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (7.8% per year).
High Growth Revenue: ADT's revenue (9.1% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: ADT's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time (27.6%)
Past Performance
How has ADT performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
0/6
Past Performance Score 0/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
-17.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: ADT is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: ADT is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: ADT is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 17% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare ADT's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: ADT is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Consumer Services industry (-13.3%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: ADT has a negative Return on Equity (-7.36%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Financial Health
How is ADT's financial position?
Financial Health Score
2/6
Financial Health Score 2/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Stable Cash Runway
Forecast Cash Runway
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: ADT's short term assets ($1.1B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($1.6B).
Long Term Liabilities: ADT's short term assets ($1.1B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($12.2B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: ADT's net debt to equity ratio (297.8%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: ADT's debt to equity ratio has increased from 266.2% to 298.3% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable ADT has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: ADT is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 12.4% per year.
Dividend
What is ADT current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
2/6
Dividend Score 2/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
2.01%
Current Dividend Yield
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: ADT's dividend (2.01%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.57%).
High Dividend: ADT's dividend (2.01%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.09%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Whilst dividend payments have been stable, ADT has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.
Growing Dividend: ADT has only been paying a dividend for 4 years, and since then payments have not increased.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: ADT is paying a dividend but the company is unprofitable.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (321.2%), ADT's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
1.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jim DeVries (58 yo)
3.42yrs
Tenure
US$7,479,792
Compensation
Mr. James D. DeVries, also known as Jim, has been the President at ASG Intermediate Holding Corp. since September 2017. Mr. DeVries has been Chief Executive Officer of ADT Inc. since December 1, 2018 and P...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jim's total compensation ($USD7.48M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.23M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jim's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: ADT's management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Experienced Board: ADT's board of directors are considered experienced (5.8 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 9.2%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
ADT Inc.'s employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2022/05/20 00:00
End of Day Share Price
2022/05/20 00:00
Earnings
2022/03/31
Annual Earnings
2021/12/31
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 here.