The price-to-earnings ratio for Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) is 31.57x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for ADP is 0.82. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 13 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ADP is 405.37M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.22% of that float. On July 10, 2025, ADP’s average trading volume was 1.74M shares.
ADP) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) has increased by 0.49% when compared to last closing price of $306.9. Despite this, the company has experienced a -0.55% fall in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-07-05 that This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields 4.3%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 9%.
ADP’s Market Performance
ADP’s stock has fallen by -0.55% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -5.63% and a quarterly rise of 9.67%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.53% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.79% for Automatic Data Processing Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.22% for ADP stock, with a simple moving average of 2.61% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of ADP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ADP stocks, with BofA Securities repeating the rating for ADP by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for ADP in the upcoming period, according to BofA Securities is $243 based on the research report published on January 17, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to ADP, setting the target price at $235 in the report published on November 07th of the previous year.
ADP Trading at -1.13% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ADP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -6.52% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ADP starting from Michaud Brian L., who sale 206 shares at the price of $308.18 back on Jul 01 ’25. After this action, Michaud Brian L. now owns 11,909 shares of Automatic Data Processing Inc, valued at $63,485 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ADP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.17 for the present operating margin
- 0.47 for the gross margin
The net margin for Automatic Data Processing Inc stands at 0.2. The total capital return value is set at 0.33. Equity return is now at value 76.29, with 6.63 for asset returns.
Based on Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.42 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.13. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.73. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.9.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 5.8 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.26. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.28. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.69for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.36. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.02.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
