NASDAQ:ADP - Automatic Data Processing Stock Price, Forecast & News

Automatic Data Processing trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ADP."

Automatic Data Processing declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.91 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Automatic Data Processing's Dividend History.

Automatic Data Processing declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Tuesday, November 12th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $3.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.52 billion. Automatic Data Processing had a return on equity of 46.94% and a net margin of 16.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.20 EPS. View Automatic Data Processing's Earnings History.

Automatic Data Processing is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Automatic Data Processing.

Automatic Data Processing will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Automatic Data Processing updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.10-6.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.96-$15.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.07 billion.

12 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Automatic Data Processing's shares. Their forecasts range from $174.00 to $195.00. On average, they expect Automatic Data Processing's stock price to reach $182.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Automatic Data Processing.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Automatic Data Processing in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Automatic Data Processing.

Media headlines about ADP stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Automatic Data Processing earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Automatic Data Processing.

Automatic Data Processing saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,930,000 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the December 15th total of 4,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Automatic Data Processing's Current Options Chain.

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Automatic Data Processing's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.16%), Huntington National Bank (0.11%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Automatic Data Processing stock include Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Dermot J O'brien, Don Mcguire, Donald Weinstein, Douglas W Politi, Jan Siegmund, John Ayala, John P Jones III, Maria Black, Michael A Bonarti, Michael C Eberhard, Stuart Sackman and Thomas J Perrotti. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Automatic Data Processing.

ADP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sabal Trust CO, Baxter Bros Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Archford Capital Strategies LLC and Park National Corp OH. Company insiders that have sold Automatic Data Processing company stock in the last year include Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Dermot J O'brien, Don Mcguire, Donald Weinstein, Douglas W Politi, Jan Siegmund, John Ayala, Maria Black and Stuart Sackman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Automatic Data Processing.

ADP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Rockland Trust Co., Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Cullinan Associates Inc., Advisors Capital Management LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. View Insider Buying and Selling for Automatic Data Processing.

Shares of ADP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ADP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $176.87.

Automatic Data Processing has a market capitalization of $76.53 billion and generates $14.18 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $2.29 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.45 on an earnings per share basis. Automatic Data Processing employs 58,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Automatic Data Processing.

The official website for Automatic Data Processing is http://www.adp.com/.

Automatic Data Processing's mailing address is ONE ADP BOULVARD, ROSELAND NJ, 07068. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 973-974-5000 or via email at [email protected]