Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
Shares of Automatic Data Processing are down 0.61% at $262.07. The company is worth $104.11B, number 150 out of 300 on our list.
Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $185.56 and $286.17, so it sits 8.4% below the top of that range. Holders are behind 7.5% over twelve months, but up 20.0% across the last three months.
Price is below the 50-day average ($268.30) but above the 200-day ($234.78); RSI is 42, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 24% annualized volatility.
Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $5.47B, up 6.8% from a year earlier, with $978.60M of net profit (a 20.1% margin).
Buyers are paying 24.0 times trailing earnings, 19% below its five-year average of 29.6. The median for its industry group is 30.1.
13 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "hold". The mean target, $286.62, sits 9.4% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
ADP processes payroll and provides human resources software for employers of all sizes, and earns interest on client funds it holds between paydays.
What tends to move it. Job growth and wage inflation feed directly into volume, while interest rates matter because of the float on client money. It is a steady dividend payer.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -4.5% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -2.3% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | +11.6% | Bullish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 42.1 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -0.12 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 5% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q4, ended Jun 2026
Quarter 2026/FY
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 12th percentile, 5-year average 29.6x
#1872 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Below its usual level · 24th percentile, 5-year average 22.9x
#5066 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 13th percentile, 5-year average 5.5x
#3823 of 5139 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.07M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 12.3% a year.
$262.07 is the latest print for ADP, a move of -0.61% against yesterday's close of $263.68. Today's low and high so far: $261.31 and $267.87.
Equity value comes to $104.11B at the current price. By that measure it is number 150 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 24.0 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $10.94). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 29.6, and today's level ranks in the 12th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $185.56 and the ceiling $286.17. Shares are 8.4% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 2.53% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 11, 2026.
Of 13 analysts, 15% say buy, 77% hold and 8% sell. Price targets average $286.62, with the most cautious at $225.00 and the most optimistic at $322.00.
ADP processes payroll and provides human resources software for employers of all sizes, and earns interest on client funds it holds between paydays.
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