profit from every $100 of sales.

ADT
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, 2020 to 2025.
You pay $12.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
Money in, money out
What ADT sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $4.38 billion in 2022 to $5.13 billion in 2025, with $596 million of profit last year.
ADT handed back 60% of the cash it generated last year.
ADT vs. similar companies
ADT grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
ADT | 12.2× · Cheap | ||
ASSA Abloy | 29.7× · Fair price | ||
SECOM | 24.7× · Fair price | ||
Allegion | 25.2× · Fair price | ||
Verisure | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads ADT'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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,315 | 4,203 | 4,382 | 4,653 | 4,898 | 5,129 | |
| – | – | 3,683 | 3,901 | 4,051 | 4,146 | |
| 41 | 10 | 735 | 1,179 | 1,208 | 1,309 | |
| 1,845 | 1,821 | 2,361 | 2,563 | 2,601 | 2,660 | |
| -632 | -341 | 133 | 463 | 501 | 596 | |
| – | – | 0.19 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.67 | |
| – | – | 84.1% | 83.8% | 82.7% | 80.8% | |
| 0.8% | 0.2% | 16.8% | 25.3% | 24.7% | 25.5% | |
| -11.9% | -8.1% | 3.0% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 16,117 | 16,894 | 17,821 | 15,964 | 16,051 | 15,819 |
| Cash | 205 | 24 | 257 | 15 | 96 | 81 |
| Total debt | 9,705 | 9,837 | 9,825 | 7,826 | 7,707 | 7,690 |
| Total liabilities | 13,078 | 13,646 | 14,428 | 12,175 | 12,250 | 12,040 |
| 3,039 | 3,249 | 3,393 | 3,789 | 3,801 | 3,779 | |
| – | – | 970 | 974 | 964 | 896 | |
| -0.4% | -0.1% | 4.0% | 8.0% | 8.6% | 8.9% | |
| -20.8% | -10.5% | 3.9% | 12.2% | 13.2% | 15.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,367 | 1,650 | 1,888 | 1,658 | 1,885 | 1,884 | |
| – | – | 911 | 807 | 687 | 572 | |
| – | – | 977 | 851 | 1,198 | 1,312 | |
| Dividends paid | 109 | 116 | 127 | 129 | 182 | 187 |
| 0 | 0 | 1,200 | 0 | 241 | 607 | |
| 96 | 61 | 67 | 51 | 49 | 55 |
Valuation
- 12.2×
- 10.9×
- –
- 1.4×
- 1.4×
- 5.5×
- 5.6×
- 18.1%
- 8.2%
- 3.3%
Profitability
- 80.8%
- 25.5%
- 11.6%
- 56.1%
- 6.3%
- 1.3%
- 16.7%
- 3.9%
- 8.9%
- –
Growth
- −0.7%
- –
- −23.7%
- +9.5%
- +1.9%
Financial health
- 2.6×
- 2.02
- 48.2%
- 3.2×
- 0.84
- 0.67
- 0.32
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $8.97
- Range
- $7.50 – $10.40
- 2 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 30, 2026 | 0.23 | 0.21 | +9.5% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 0.23 | 0.20 | +15.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.23 | 0.22 | +4.5% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 0.23 | 0.19 | +21.1% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 0.21 | 0.20 | +5.0% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 0.20 | 0.19 | +5.3% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.20 | 0.16 | +25.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.17 | 0.17 | +0.0% |
Paid per share, each year
$0.14 in 2018 → $0.22 in 2025
How safe it looks
31.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 14.2%
News
Was There Any Sign ADT Stock Would Run?Yahoo Finance · Oct 30, 20263 Reasons ADT is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy InsteadYahoo Finance · Oct 20, 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
1/7Passes 1 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.
Questions about ADT
Is ADT a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 1 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 ADT AI analysis
What does ADT do?
ADT Inc. provides security, automation, and smart home solutions to consumer and business customers in the United States. It provides a range of fire detection, fire suppression, video surveillance, and access control systems to residential, commercial, and multi-site customers. It is in Security & Protection Services, based in Boca Raton, FL, United States, with 12,200 employees.
Does ADT pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.3% a year, about 31% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $187 million in dividends.
Is ADT stock halal?
No. ADT does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 106% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has ADT stock done over the past year?
Up 22.2% over the past twelve months, to $9.92. It traded between $6.08 and $9.93, close to its high.
Who are ADT's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are ASSA Abloy, SECOM, Allegion and Verisure. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with ADT's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



