Automatic Data Processing Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Automatic Data Processing in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Automatic Data Processing stock. 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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Automatic Data Processing is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 27th. The business services provider reported $1.20 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.06. Automatic Data Processing had a net margin of 16.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.23%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.14 EPS.
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Automatic Data Processing's stock was trading at $148.01 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ADP stock has increased by 41.6% and is now trading at $209.63.
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Automatic Data Processing announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.93 per share on Thursday, July 1st. This represents a $3.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 10th.
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Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.78%. Automatic Data Processing has been increasing its dividend for 47 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Automatic Data Processing is 62.84%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Automatic Data Processing will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.88% next year. This indicates that Automatic Data Processing will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Automatic Data Processing announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, November 12th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Automatic Data Processing updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.560-$6.680 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.91 billion-$16.06 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.88 billion.

14 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Automatic Data Processing's stock. Their forecasts range from $142.00 to $220.00. On average, they anticipate Automatic Data Processing's stock price to reach $185.23 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.6%.
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5,336 employees have rated Automatic Data Processing CEO Carlos A. Rodriguez on Glassdoor.com. Carlos A. Rodriguez has an approval rating of 90% among Automatic Data Processing'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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Welch & Forbes LLC (0.06%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.06%), Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Howland Capital Management LLC (0.03%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.02%). Company insiders that own Automatic Data Processing stock include Alexander Quevedo, Brian L Michaud, Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Deborah L Dyson, Deborah L Dyson, Don Mcguire, Donald Weinstein, John Ayala, Joseph Desilva, Sreenivasa Kutam and Stuart Sackman.
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ADP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James Trust N.A., Welch & Forbes LLC, Trust Co. of Oklahoma, Minot Wealth Management LLC, Marshall Financial Group LLC, Brown Advisory Securities LLC, Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc. WI, and Bellecapital International Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Automatic Data Processing company stock in the last year include Alexander Quevedo, Brian L Michaud, Brock Albinson, Carlos A Rodriguez, Deborah L Dyson, Joseph Desilva, Sreenivasa Kutam, and Stuart Sackman.
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ADP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, LaFleur & Godfrey LLC, Marathon Asset Management LLP, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Brookstone Capital Management, and Heritage Wealth Advisors.
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One share of ADP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $209.63.

Automatic Data Processing has a market capitalization of $89.20 billion and generates $14.59 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $2.47 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.92 on an earnings per share basis.

Automatic Data Processing employs 58,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Automatic Data Processing: ADP Atlantic, ADP Benefits Services KY, ADP Brasil Ltda, ADP Broker-Dealer Inc, ADP Canada Co., ADP Employer Services GmbH, ADP Europe SAS, ADP France SAS, ADP GSI France SAS, ADP GlobalView B.V., ADP Indemnity, ADP International Services BV, ADP LLC, ADP MasterTax, ADP Pacific, ADP Payroll Services, ADP Private Limited, ADP Screening and Selection Services, ADP Tax Services, ADP Technology Services, ADP TotalSource CO XXI, ADP TotalSource CO XXII, ADP TotalSource FL XVI, ADP TotalSource FL XXIX, ADP TotalSource Group, ADP TotalSource I, ADP TotalSource of CO XXIII, Automatic Data Processing Insurance Agency, Automatic Data Processing Limited, Automatic Data Processing Limited (UK), Celergo, Global Cash Card, Ma Foi Consulting Solutions Ltd., Payroll S.A., PhyLogic Healthcare, SHPS Inc., The Marcus Buckingham Company, The RightThing, Wallace, and Work Market.

Automatic Data Processing was founded in 1949.

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

Automatic Data Processing is headquartered at ONE ADP BOULVARD, ROSELAND NJ, 07068.

Automatic Data Processing's mailing address is ONE ADP BOULVARD, ROSELAND NJ, 07068. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (888) 589-3044 or via email at [email protected]