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 given a dividend of $0.91 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. 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 of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, November 12th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $3.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.52 billion. Automatic Data Processing had a net margin of 16.52% and a return on equity of 46.94%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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 issued an update on 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 earnings per share 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.

13 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Automatic Data Processing's stock. Their forecasts range from $176.00 to $212.00. On average, they anticipate Automatic Data Processing's share price to reach $186.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% 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.

Media stories about ADP stock have trended very positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Automatic Data Processing earned a media sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near 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 daily trading volume, of 1,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock 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 Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.29%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.16%), Huntington National Bank (0.11%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.06%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (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, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Baxter Bros Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and Archford Capital Strategies LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Hillman Co., Rockland Trust Co., Executive Wealth Management LLC, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $177.83.

Automatic Data Processing has a market capitalization of $76.95 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]