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Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) closed the day trading at $294.55 up 0.34% from the previous closing price of $293.54. In other words, the price has increased by $0.34 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.69 million shares were traded. ADP stock price reached its highest trading level at $294.86 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $288.96.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ADP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 54.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 26.28. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.00 and its Current Ratio is at 1.00. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.86 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.65.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BofA Securities on January 17, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $243 from $217 previously.
On November 07, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $235.UBS initiated its Neutral rating on November 07, 2023, with a $235 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 10 ’25 when D’Ambrosio Christopher sold 478 shares for $293.14 per share. The transaction valued at 140,121 led to the insider holds 7,364 shares of the business.
D’Ambrosio Christopher bought 478 shares of ADP for $140,121 on Apr 10 ’25. On Apr 01 ’25, another insider, Michaud Brian L., who serves as the Corp VP of the company, sold 1,500 shares for $305.38 each. As a result, the insider received 458,070 and left with 12,073 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ADP now has a Market Capitalization of 119843848192 and an Enterprise Value of 122004824064. As of this moment, Automatic’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 30.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 27.11. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.43. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 23.60. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.13 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.822.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ADP is 0.78, which has changed by 0.2117908 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07545352 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ADP has reached a high of $322.84, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $231.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.32%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ADP traded about 1.96M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ADP traded about 1947850 shares per day. A total of 406.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 406.33M. Insiders hold about 0.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.94% stake in the company. Shares short for ADP as of 1743379200 were 5802232 with a Short Ratio of 2.96, compared to 1740700800 on 6195804. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5802232 and a Short% of Float of 1.43.
Dividends & Splits
ADP’s forward annual dividend rate is 5.88, up from 5.74 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019554403The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.0. The current Payout Ratio is 59.87% for ADP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1749772800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-10-01 when the company split stock in a 1139:1000 ratio.
