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$308.64 +1.75 (+0.57%)
Closing price 07/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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ADP vs. CAR, CCRN, CRAI, VRSK, BAH, G, IT, RHI, ROL, and TRU

Should you be buying Automatic Data Processing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Automatic Data Processing include Avis Budget Group (CAR), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Genpact (G), Gartner (IT), Robert Half (RHI), Rollins (ROL), and TransUnion (TRU).

Automatic Data Processing vs. Its Competitors

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, Automatic Data Processing had 17 more articles in the media than Avis Budget Group. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Automatic Data Processing and 19 mentions for Avis Budget Group. Automatic Data Processing's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Avis Budget Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Automatic Data Processing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avis Budget Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Automatic Data Processing
29 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Automatic Data Processing has higher revenue and earnings than Avis Budget Group. Avis Budget Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automatic Data Processing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avis Budget Group$11.79B0.61-$1.82B-$62.95-3.24
Automatic Data Processing$19.20B6.52$3.75B$9.7731.59

Avis Budget Group has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

96.4% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. 52.8% of Avis Budget Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Automatic Data Processing has a net margin of 19.79% compared to Avis Budget Group's net margin of -18.96%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 77.33% beat Avis Budget Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avis Budget Group-18.96% -14.74% -0.84%
Automatic Data Processing 19.79%77.33%7.18%

Avis Budget Group currently has a consensus price target of $127.60, indicating a potential downside of 37.41%. Automatic Data Processing has a consensus price target of $309.62, indicating a potential upside of 0.32%. Given Automatic Data Processing's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Automatic Data Processing is more favorable than Avis Budget Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avis Budget Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Automatic Data Processing
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15

Summary

Automatic Data Processing beats Avis Budget Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ADP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADP vs. The Competition

MetricAutomatic Data ProcessingINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$124.57B$18.64B$29.16B$9.55B
Dividend Yield2.01%2.86%3.05%4.03%
P/E Ratio31.5976.9534.3219.95
Price / Sales6.52179.741,637.8067.75
Price / Cash23.3895.2238.7258.72
Price / Book27.788.527.775.77
Net Income$3.75B$341.62M$782.10M$259.21M
7 Day Performance1.45%-1.82%-1.15%-2.40%
1 Month Performance0.08%6.47%4.15%9.41%
1 Year Performance19.75%54.36%25.24%16.67%

Automatic Data Processing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
4.8043 of 5 stars
$308.64
+0.6%
$309.62
+0.3%
+20.9%$124.57B$19.20B31.5964,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CAR
Avis Budget Group
2.6763 of 5 stars
$190.93
-0.8%
$127.60
-33.2%
+102.3%$6.73B$11.79B-3.0424,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.589 of 5 stars
$13.30
+4.1%
$17.93
+34.8%
-16.8%$436.14M$1.34B-25.108,205
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.132 of 5 stars
$176.31
-0.5%
$228.00
+29.3%
-2.0%$1.20B$687.41M23.74940Upcoming Earnings
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.1639 of 5 stars
$301.11
-0.3%
$302.40
+0.4%
+3.6%$42.12B$2.88B44.097,800Positive News
Earnings Report
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9059 of 5 stars
$109.54
+0.2%
$134.64
+22.9%
-25.1%$13.63B$11.98B15.1435,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
G
Genpact
3.6869 of 5 stars
$45.11
-0.6%
$49.75
+10.3%
+30.2%$7.89B$4.77B15.40140,000
IT
Gartner
4.6515 of 5 stars
$353.37
-0.6%
$507.56
+43.6%
-25.7%$27.18B$6.30B21.9721,044Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RHI
Robert Half
4.6842 of 5 stars
$41.88
+0.1%
$48.71
+16.3%
-39.4%$4.28B$5.80B20.9614,700Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ROL
Rollins
3.4213 of 5 stars
$55.60
-0.4%
$60.50
+8.8%
+20.4%$26.95B$3.39B56.1820,265Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TRU
TransUnion
4.5612 of 5 stars
$93.46
-0.2%
$110.64
+18.4%
+13.1%$18.24B$4.18B49.7313,400Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:ADP) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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