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Automatic Data ProcessingADP

Human Resource & Employment Services · Roseland, New Jersey · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$293.84+2.71%After hours: $293.84 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 12.5% over 1 year
Automatic Data Processing over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$200$250Nov2026MarMayJulSep$293.84$200$250NovMarJul$293.84
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$116B
Price to earnings26.1x
Forward P/E23.9x
Dividend yield2.31%
Year to date+14.2%
One year+12.5%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$188.79$307.94

Quality and valuation

How Automatic Data Processing compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Automatic Data Processing and 7 human resource & employment services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among industrials companies, priced about in line with them.

Automatic Data Processing trades at 23.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +6.5% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 46.6% vs 38.1%
  • Keeps more of its revenue as profit (net margin): 20.3% vs 13.2%
ADP trades at 23.9x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Human Resource & Employment Services peers
LMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xADP23.9xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4xLMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xADP23.9xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 26.1x earnings, ADP is cheaper than its average since Nov 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
20x30xAverage 27.1x2025202626.1x20x30xAverage 27.1x2025202626.1x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Automatic Data Processing's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Sep 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 6.1% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q1 ’27
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$5.5bnQ1 ’27$0bn$2bn$4bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$5.5bnQ1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +6.1% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%5%8%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’266.1%Q1 ’270%5%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’266.1%Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Diluted EPS was $2.83 last quarterQuarterly diluted earnings per share, $
$0$1$2$3Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$2.83Q1 ’27$0$2Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$2.83Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsADPSector median
Revenue growth+6.5%+8.2%
Gross margin46.6%38.1%
Price to earnings26.1x25.8x

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