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    Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP)

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    TECHNOLOGY • SOFTWARE - APPLICATION • NASDAQ

    $285.65
    +5.33 (+1.90%)

    Market Cap: $111.08B

    Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    97%(38/39)
    Avg Surprise
    +5.77%
    Streak
    36 Q

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Sep 30, 2026
    EPS Consensus$2.77
    Range$2.68 - $2.92
    15 analysts
    EPS RevisionsNo revisions (7d)
    0
    1
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$2.75+0.5%
    60d ago$2.77-0.1%
    30d ago$2.77-0.1%
    7d ago$2.76+0.1%
    Current$2.77
    Revenue Consensus
    $5.5B
    Range$5.4B - $5.5B
    13 analysts
    Period ending Dec 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$2.92
    Range$2.84 - $3.00
    15 analysts
    EPS RevisionsNo revisions (7d)
    0
    1
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$2.92-0.2%
    60d ago$2.92-0.1%
    30d ago$2.92-0.1%
    7d ago$2.92-0.0%
    Current$2.92
    Revenue Consensus
    $5.7B
    Range$5.7B - $5.7B
    13 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Dec 26EST
    		-$2.92---
    Sep 26EST
    		-$2.77---
    Jun 26
    Reported Jul 29
    		$2.64$2.59+1.93%Beat+16.8%
    Mar 26
    Reported Apr 29
    		$3.37$3.30+2.12%Beat+10.1%
    Dec 25
    Reported Jan 28
    		$2.62$2.57+1.95%Beat+11.5%
    Sep 25
    Reported Oct 29
    		$2.49$2.44+2.05%Beat+6.9%
    Jun 25
    Reported Jul 30
    		$2.26$2.23+1.35%Beat+8.1%
    Mar 25
    Reported Apr 30
    		$3.06$2.97+3.03%Beat+6.3%
    Dec 24
    Reported Jan 29
    		$2.35$2.30+2.17%Beat+10.3%
    Sep 24
    Reported Oct 30
    		$2.33$2.21+5.43%Beat+12.0%
    Jun 24
    Reported Jul 31
    		$2.09$2.06+1.46%Beat+10.6%
    Mar 24
    Reported May 1
    		$2.88$2.78+3.60%Beat+14.3%
    Dec 23
    Reported Jan 31
    		$2.13$2.10+1.43%Beat+8.7%
    Sep 23
    Reported Oct 25
    		$2.08$2.02+2.97%Beat+11.8%
    Jun 23
    Reported Jul 26
    		$1.89$1.83+3.28%Beat+26.0%
    Mar 23
    Reported Apr 26
    		$2.52$2.45+2.86%Beat+14.0%
    Dec 22
    Reported Jan 25
    		$1.96$1.94+1.03%Beat+18.8%
    Sep 22
    Reported Oct 26
    		$1.86$1.79+3.91%Beat+12.7%
    Jun 22
    Reported Jul 27
    		$1.50$1.47+2.04%Beat+25.0%
    Mar 22
    Reported Apr 27
    		$2.21$2.08+6.25%Beat+16.9%
    Dec 21
    Reported Jan 26
    		$1.65$1.63+1.23%Beat+8.6%
    Sep 21
    Reported Oct 27
    		$1.65$1.49+10.74%Beat+17.0%
    Jun 21
    Reported Jul 28
    		$1.20$1.14+5.26%Beat+5.3%
    Mar 21
    Reported Apr 28
    		$1.89$1.78+6.18%Beat-1.6%
    Dec 20
    Reported Jan 27
    		$1.52$1.29+17.83%Beat+0.0%
    Sep 20
    Reported Oct 28
    		$1.41$0.98+43.88%Beat+5.2%
    Jun 20
    Reported Jul 29
    		$1.14$0.96+18.75%Beat+0.0%
    Mar 20
    Reported Apr 29
    		$1.92$1.89+1.59%Beat+8.5%
    Dec 19
    Reported Jan 29
    		$1.52$1.44+5.56%Beat+13.4%
    Sep 19
    Reported Oct 30
    		$1.34$1.33+0.75%Beat+11.7%
    Jun 19
    Reported Jul 31
    		$1.14$1.13+0.89%Beat+23.9%
    Mar 19
    Reported May 1
    		$1.77$1.69+4.73%Beat+16.4%
    Dec 18
    Reported Jan 30
    		$1.34$1.18+13.56%Beat+35.4%
    Sep 18
    Reported Oct 31
    		$1.20$1.11+8.11%Beat+31.9%
    Jun 18
    Reported Aug 1
    		$0.92$0.90+2.22%Beat+39.4%
    Mar 18
    Reported May 2
    		$1.52$1.44+5.56%Beat+16.0%
    Dec 17
    Reported Jan 31
    		$0.99$0.90+10.00%Beat+13.8%
    Sep 17
    Reported Nov 2
    		$0.91$0.85+7.06%Beat-
    Jun 17
    Reported Jul 27
    		$0.66$0.67-1.49%Miss-
    Mar 17
    Reported May 3
    		$1.31$1.23+6.50%Beat-
    Dec 16
    Reported Feb 1
    		$0.87$0.81+7.41%Beat-

    Dividends

    Dividend Metrics

    Forward Yield2.38%
    Forward Annual Dividend$6.80
    Payout Ratio61.98%
    FrequencyQuarterly
    Pay MonthsJan, Apr, Jul, Oct

    Growth

    3Y CAGR+13.09%
    5Y CAGR+11.54%
    ADP dividend history and ex-dividend datesRun ADP in the free DRIP calculator

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio25.69EV/EBITDA14.66x
    Price/FCF21.91xFCF Yield4.56%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin20.10%Operating Margin23.50%
    ROE72.20%ROIC43.36%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.82xInterest Coverage13.48x
    Current Ratio1.05xQuick Ratio1.05x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta0.84Avg Volume2.06M
    52-Week High$286.1752-Week Low$185.56

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$270.16
    SMA 20$267.42
    SMA 50$271.69
    SMA 200$236.47
    EMA 10$273.46
    EMA 20$270.63
    EMA 50$266.56
    EMA 200$251.84

    MACD

    Line: 2.41Signal: -0.10Hist: 2.51

    ADX

    ADX: 20.6+DI: 39.4-DI: 14.6

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up100.0
    Aroon Down68.0
    PSAR$264.88

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$282.31
    Lower Band$252.53
    %B Position1113%(Upper)
    Band Width1.11

    RSI (14-Day)

    Neutral
    69.2

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K93.1
    Stoch %D93.8
    Williams %R-12.3
    ROC (10d)8.2%
    Momentum21.69
    CCI (20d)221.3
    MFI (14d)58.8

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$5.64(2.0%)
    StdDev (20d)7.44
    Hist Vol21.2%(Moderate)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$286.85
    OBV-56.4M
    AD Line-904.9M
    CMF (20d)0.020

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)2.1M
    Vol Ratio1.0x
    VWMA (20d)$267.57

    Pivot Points

    R3$285.34
    R2$282.97
    R1$281.64
    Pivot Point$279.27
    S1$277.94
    S2$275.57
    S3$274.24

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI10.91
    Ultimate Osc62.2
    KST-14.66

    Financial Data

    QuarterJun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sep 2024Jun 2024Mar 2024Dec 2023Sep 2023
    Total Revenue$5.47B$5.94B$5.36B$5.18B$5.13B$5.55B$5.05B$4.83B$4.77B$5.25B$4.67B$4.51B
    Cost of Revenue$2.96B$3.07B$2.89B$2.84B$2.82B$2.90B$2.74B$2.63B$2.63B$2.77B$2.56B$2.52B
    Gross Profit$2.78B$3.12B$2.73B$2.59B$2.58B$2.90B$2.55B$2.43B$2.38B$2.73B$2.34B$2.23B
    Operating Expenses$1.52B$1.34B$1.33B$1.26B$1.37B$1.26B$1.25B$1.16B$1.28B$1.18B$1.15B$1.12B
    R&D$265.90M$253.90M$257.80M$251.20M$269.40M$247.10M$239.50M$232.60M$247.80M$242.70M$228.70M$236.50M
    SG&A$1.25B$1.08B$1.07B$1.01B$1.10B$1.02B$1.01B$926.70M$1.04B$940.90M$922.50M$880.30M
    Operating Income$1.26B$1.79B$1.40B$1.33B$1.21B$1.63B$1.30B$1.27B$1.10B$1.54B$1.18B$1.12B
    Interest Income$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
    Interest Expense$121.10M$78.70M$124.10M$135.40M$113.70M$74.80M$129.60M$137.80M$102.20M$62.70M$104.90M$91.60M
    Income Before Tax$1.26B$1.78B$1.38B$1.31B$1.19B$1.62B$1.26B$1.24B$1.09B$1.55B$1.14B$1.09B
    Income Tax Expense$279.10M$422.00M$321.20M$294.50M$280.00M$372.40M$298.10M$279.90M$260.10M$361.40M$265.40M$233.40M
    Net Income$978.70M$1.36B$1.06B$1.01B$910.70M$1.25B$963.20M$956.30M$829.30M$1.18B$878.40M$859.40M
    EBITDA$1.81B$2.29B$1.93B$1.87B$1.72B$2.11B$1.81B$1.78B$1.59B$2.01B$1.64B$1.58B
    EBIT$1.38B$1.86B$1.51B$1.44B$1.30B$1.70B$1.39B$1.37B$1.19B$1.61B$1.25B$1.18B
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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    Gov Obligations (TTM)
    $0
    Gov Obligations / Revenue
    0.0%
    Obligations YoY
    N/A
    Active Awards
    0
    New Awards (TTM)
    0
    Avg Remaining Term
    N/A

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    ADP Valuation and Fair Value

    P/E
    25.7x
    Forward P/E
    22.0x
    EV/EBITDA
    14.7x
    P/FCF
    21.9x
    PEG
    2.5x
    P/B
    19.1x
    See GNG's fair value

    ADP Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

    Gross margin
    51.1%
    Operating margin
    23.5%
    Net margin
    20.1%
    ROIC
    43.4%
    ROE
    72.2%
    FCF margin
    23.9%
    FCF yield
    4.6%

    ADP Competitors

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    Cloudflare IncNET
    ASE Industrial Holding Co Ltd ADRASX
    Snowflake Inc.SNOW
    Datadog IncDDOG
    Corning IncorporatedGLW
    Adobe Inc.ADBE
    Accenture plcACN
    Synopsys IncSNPS

    Sector: Technology

    ADP Analyst Ratings

    Consensus
    Hold
    Analysts
    18
    Strong Buy
    0
    Buy
    4
    Hold
    12
    Sell
    1
    Strong Sell
    1

    ADP Bull Case vs Bear Case

    Bull case

    • ADP earns a 43.4% return on invested capital.
    • ADP converts 23.9% of revenue into free cash flow.
    • ADP has a 20.1% net profit margin.

    ADP Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

    Beat rate
    8 of 8 quarters (100.0%)
    Average surprise
    2.5%
    EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    $2.77
    Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    0 up, 1 down

    ADP Dividend

    Forward yield
    2.4%
    Payout ratio
    62.0%
    3Y DPS growth
    13.1%
    5Y DPS growth
    11.5%
    Pay months
    Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
    ADP dividend history

    Frequently Asked Questions About ADP

    What is ADP's current dividend yield?

    Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) has a forward dividend yield of 2.38%.

    Does ADP pay dividends?

    Yes, Automatic Data Processing Inc pays dividends with a forward dividend yield of 2.38%.

    What is ADP's P/E ratio?

    Automatic Data Processing Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.69.

    What is ADP's market cap?

    Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) has a market capitalization of $111.08B with a current stock price of $285.65.

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