Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Automatic Data Processing in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" ADP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ADP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Automatic Data Processing's stock. Their ADP share price forecasts range from $211.00 to $275.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $237.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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Automatic Data Processing's stock was trading at $238.86 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ADP shares have decreased by 11.0% and is now trading at $212.48.
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Automatic Data Processing saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,150,000 shares, an increase of 19.8% from the April 30th total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 26th. The business services provider reported $2.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.10. The business services provider earned $4.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.88 billion. Automatic Data Processing had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 104.60% and a net margin of 18.46%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.21 EPS.
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Automatic Data Processing announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 9th will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share on Saturday, July 1st. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 8th.
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Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 48 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 63.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ADP will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Automatic Data Processing updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.13-$8.20 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $17.82 billion-$17.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.91 billion.

5,336 employees have rated Automatic Data Processing Chief Executive Officer Carlos A. Rodriguez on Glassdoor.com. Carlos A. Rodriguez has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

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

Automatic Data Processing's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.30%), State Street Corp (4.27%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.28%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.18%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.96%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Alexander Quevedo, Augusto J Blanchard, Brian L Michaud, Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Christopher D'ambrosio, Deborah L Dyson, Deborah L Dyson, Donald Weinstein, James T Sperduto, Joseph Desilva, Laura G Brown, Sreenivasa Kutam and Stuart Sackman.
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Shares of ADP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ADP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $212.48.

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) has a market capitalization of $87.78 billion and generates $16.50 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $2.95 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.83 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 60,000 workers across the globe.

Automatic Data Processing's mailing address is ONE ADP BOULVARD, ROSELAND NJ, 07068. The official website for the company is www.adp.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (973) 974-5000, via email at investor.mail@adp.com, or via fax at 973-974-5390.