XNAS · Staffing & Employment Services
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$271.22-0.37%
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Implied upside
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
69/100
Positive
Score components
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Automatic Data Processing scores 69 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%98Strong
- Revenue growth 6.7%
- EPS growth 9.6%
Valuation
25%39Weak
- P/E 24.6
- EV/Sales 5.0
ADP is a global, cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, talent management, benefits administration, and retirement services. The firm also provides human resources outsourcing services, including PEO offerings, enabling clients to reduce HR overhead. Its broad suite serves customers of all sizes across diverse sectors, and the firm holds large shares in its core markets. As of fiscal 2026, ADP counts over 1.1 million clients and manages payroll for more than 42 million workers across 140 countries.
#113 by market cap in our coverage · ~67,000 employees · Listed 1968-01-31 · www.adp.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#10 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 69 vs sector average 49.1 (+19.9)
Revenue growth (sector)Top 63%
Return on equity (sector)Top 3%
P/E (sector)Cheaper than 59%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
84/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 84th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 66/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates ADP's technical setup strong — 84th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
5 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+14.0%
- vs 50-day+1.0%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)48 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength16· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -1.498)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 5 buy vs 3 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 0 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)24.6
- P/S (TTM)4.9
- P/B18.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.0
- PEG2.55
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin—
- Net margin20.1%
- ROE71.3%
- Debt/Equity0.85
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)6.7%
- EPS growth (YoY)9.6%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $108.4B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Jun '26 | Jun '25 | Jun '24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.9B | $20.6B | $19.2B |
| Gross profit | $10.2B | $9.5B | $8.7B |
| Operating income | $5.8B | $5.4B | $4.9B |
| Net income | $4.4B | $4.1B | $3.8B |
| EPS (diluted) | $10.94 | $9.98 | $9.10 |
| Free cash flow | $4.8B | $4.4B | $3.6B |
| Cash | $4.2B | $3.3B | $2.9B |
| Total debt | $5.4B | $9.1B | $3.7B |
| Equity | $6.0B | $6.2B | $4.5B |
| Net debt | $1.2B | $5.8B | $792M |
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 1.47 | 0.81 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADPCurrentAutomatic Data Processing | 69 | 66 | 24.6 | — | 18.0 | 5.0 | $271.22 | -0.37% | +6.7% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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