Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

ADP · Technology

$270.88
+0.06% today

What a holder would want to know before buying ADP: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.

Where the price sits
Low $188.79 · Apr 2026High $287.48 · Aug 2026

Today’s price is 43% above the lowest point of the past year and 6% below the highest.

Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 84% of days and more expensive on 16%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 88% of days.

14% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.

How bad does it get

Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 40%; the longest took 21 months to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.

Now 17% below the Jun 2025 peak.

Dec 2022
−23%back in 21 months
Dec 2021
−21%back in 7 months
Feb 2020
−40%back in 13 months
What you own

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. · Technology · Software - Application · a large company worth $107.34B

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). The Employer Services…

Is it making money?
2023
2024
2025
2026

revenue profit

Sales of $21.95B in 2026, with $4.41B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.

Keeps about 20 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.

Is it healthy?
Cash
$4.23B
Debt
$5.51B
Free cash flow / yr
$5.24B

Would need about 1.1 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.

Is it expensive?

You pay $25 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $20 for every $1 of profit expected next year.

A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.

Pays 2.51% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 11.

What others are doing

18 analysts: 4 say buy, 12 hold, 2 sell. Their average 12-month target is $286.40 (range $225.00–$322.00).

Insiders made 1 purchase and 10 sales in the last 6 months.

Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.

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