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

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

Automatic Data Processing announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Automatic Data Processing's Dividend History.

Automatic Data Processing announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, November 12th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The business services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.08. The business services provider earned $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.69 billion. Automatic Data Processing had a return on equity of 46.96% and a net margin of 16.97%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.34 EPS. View Automatic Data Processing's Earnings History.

Automatic Data Processing is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Automatic Data Processing.

Automatic Data Processing issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.10-6.21 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.15. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $15.03 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.00 billion.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Automatic Data Processing's shares. Their forecasts range from $176.00 to $212.00. On average, they expect Automatic Data Processing's share price to reach $187.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Automatic Data Processing.

13 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Automatic Data Processing.

Headlines about ADP stock have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Automatic Data Processing earned a daily sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Automatic Data Processing.

Automatic Data Processing saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 5,130,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the January 30th total of 4,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Automatic Data Processing's Current Options Chain.

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Automatic Data Processing's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (12.28%), State Street Corp (4.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.30%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.75%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.75%) and Polen Capital Management LLC (1.17%). Company insiders that own Automatic Data Processing stock include Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Deborah L Dyson, 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 and Stuart Sackman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Automatic Data Processing.

ADP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, GQG Partners LLC, Banco Santander S.A., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Sustainable Growth Advisers LP, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and PNC Financial Services Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Automatic Data Processing company stock in the last year include Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Deborah L Dyson, Dermot J O'brien, Don Mcguire, Donald Weinstein, Jan Siegmund, John Ayala 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Stifel Financial Corp, UBS Group AG, Capital Research Global Investors, PGGM Investments and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. 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 $157.53.

Automatic Data Processing has a market capitalization of $68.01 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]