profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Automatic Data Processing
$309.93+0.65% today
+21.7% in 1 year
1-year low $188.791-year high $309.93
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $27.72 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Automatic Data Processing sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $18.0 billion in 2023 to $21.9 billion in 2026, with $4.41 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Automatic Data Processing vs. similar companies
Automatic Data Processing grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Data Processing | 27.7× · Fair price | ||
 SAP | 34.4× · Expensive | ||
 Quhuo | No profit yet | ||
 Shopify | 153.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Salesforce | 24.0× · Fair price |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Automatic Data Processing's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,005 | 16,498 | 18,012 | 19,203 | 20,561 | 21,947 | |
| 6,365 | 7,036 | 8,059 | 8,726 | 9,464 | 10,187 | |
| – | 3,803 | 4,507 | 4,947 | 5,412 | – | |
| 3,932 | 4,401 | 5,240 | 5,796 | 6,348 | 6,776 | |
| 2,599 | 2,949 | 3,412 | 3,752 | 4,080 | 4,414 | |
| 6.07 | 7.00 | 8.21 | 9.10 | 9.98 | 10.94 | |
| 42.4% | 42.6% | 44.7% | 45.4% | 46.0% | 46.4% | |
| – | 23.1% | 25.0% | 25.8% | 26.3% | – | |
| 17.3% | 17.9% | 18.9% | 19.5% | 19.8% | 20.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 48,773 | 63,068 | 50,971 | 54,363 | 53,369 | 63,193 |
| Cash | 2,575 | 1,436 | 2,084 | 2,913 | 3,348 | 4,230 |
| Total debt | 3,329 | 3,358 | 3,339 | 3,320 | 4,297 | 5,272 |
| Total liabilities | 43,102 | 59,843 | 47,462 | 49,815 | 47,181 | 57,162 |
| 5,670 | 3,225 | 3,509 | 4,548 | 6,188 | 6,031 | |
| 428 | 421 | 416 | 412 | 409 | 403 | |
| 30.0% | 46.6% | 54.1% | 52.6% | 43.4% | 43.3% | |
| 45.8% | 91.4% | 97.2% | 82.5% | 65.9% | 73.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,093 | 3,100 | 4,208 | 4,158 | 4,940 | 5,441 | |
| – | 553 | 572 | 563 | 547 | – | |
| – | 2,546 | 3,636 | 3,594 | 4,393 | – | |
| Dividends paid | 1,576 | 1,659 | 1,904 | 2,183 | 2,399 | 2,626 |
| 1,372 | 1,969 | 1,121 | 1,232 | 1,281 | 2,083 | |
| 175 | 202 | 220 | 244 | 266 | 243 |
Valuation
- 27.7×
- 28.0×
- 2.22
- 19.6×
- 5.6×
- 25.6×
- 18.2×
- 3.9%
- 3.6%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- 46.4%
- 26.3%
- 20.1%
- 30.2%
- 44.4%
- 46.1%
- 68.7%
- 6.7%
- 33.3%
- 3.6%
Growth
- +7.9%
- +12.5%
- +32.7%
- +11.5%
- −1.0%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.87
- 6.2%
- 13.5×
- 1.05
- 1.04
- 0.33
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 2%of 976
Top 9%of 977
Top 50%of 758
Bottom 48%of 981
Top 34%of 983
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $247.88
- Range
- $190.00 – $281.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 3.37 | 3.30 | +2.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 2.62 | 2.57 | +1.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 2.49 | 2.44 | +2.0% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.26 | 2.23 | +1.3% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3.06 | 2.97 | +3.0% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 2.35 | 2.30 | +2.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 2.33 | 2.21 | +5.4% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.09 | 2.06 | +1.5% |
2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
+11.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.00 in 2015 → $6.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
59.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 54.6%
News
ADP says businesses added 86,000 jobs in October. The labor market shows small signs of improvement.MarketWatch · Nov 4, 2026Private sector jobs rose by 90,000 in September, better than expected, ADP reportsCNBC · Sep 30, 2026Private payrolls rose by 38,000 in August, less than expected, ADP reportsCNBC · Sep 2, 2026ADP August 2026 private payrolls miss expectations at 38,000Yahoo Finance · Sep 2, 2026ADP says businesses create the fewest new jobs in 7 months. Hiring slowed in the summer.MarketWatch · Sep 2, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
76Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
82Pass
Peter Lynch
53No pass
Joel Greenblatt
64Pass
Charlie Munger
88Pass
Terry Smith
88Pass
Questions about Automatic Data Processing
Is Automatic Data Processing a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Automatic Data Processing AI analysis
What does Automatic Data Processing do?
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). It is in Software - Application, based in Roseland, NJ, United States, with 67,000 employees.
Does Automatic Data Processing pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $2.63 billion in dividends.
Is Automatic Data Processing stock halal?
Yes. Automatic Data Processing passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 4% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Automatic Data Processing stock done over the past year?
Up 21.7% over the past twelve months, to $309.93. It traded between $188.79 and $309.93, close to its high.
Who are Automatic Data Processing's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are SAP, Quhuo, Shopify and Salesforce. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Automatic Data Processing's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.