Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Industrials · Human Capital Management Software & Services · NASDAQ
ADP is a global leader in human capital management and payroll processing, providing mission-critical HR technology and PEO services to businesses of all sizes.
What Automatic Data Processing does
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) provides comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions, including payroll services, global human resources, talent management, and benefits administration. The company also operates a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) business, providing integrated HR services to small and mid-sized businesses through co-employment arrangements.
Themes: human capital management (HCM), payroll and HR outsourcing, PEO services, tax compliance and reporting, employee benefits administration
Fundamentals
- Price$270.73 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$107.6B as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-6.9% 2025-10-08 close $290.70 → 2026-10-08 close $270.73
- P/E24.74 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+20.1% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+73.2% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.82 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.44 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +2.5%; at least 19 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How ADP compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 10% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitytop 10% 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
ADP is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
60.5 #215 of 1,379 scored · #16 of 238 in Industrials
Profitability 97th (return on equity 73.2%) and capital return 81st (consecutive years of dividend increases 19 years, net share count bought back over the year 1.3); weakest is valuation (33rd, price to book 17.8, price to earnings 24.7).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, ADP's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 60%, operating-cash-flow payout 48%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout60% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout48% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Automatic Data Processing looks technically
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) is trading 13.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 47 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 13.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +13.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $271.64 | $271.64 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $238.53 | $238.53 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 278.52. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 47 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 47 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 54.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($255.96 to $273.00) — its "stochastic" reading is 87 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 86.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $293.51 | $293.51 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 43.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +43.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its highest point of the past year | 7.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 29 trading days ago | 29 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $329.93 (set on 2025-06-06) | $329.93 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($188.79 to $292.94), and it has recovered well over two thirds of its fall from last year’s high — 79% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $253.15 to $256.49. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 78.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 17.9% below its all-time high | -17.9% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.9% above a support level at $265.59 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-12-15, most recently on 2026-09-09. Since 2024-10-08 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 6 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $15.07 (set on 1996-07-30) | $15.07 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1696.6% above its all-time low | +1,697% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 87% of it) | 13th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $5.83 between its high and its low — about 2.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $5.83 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $255.17 and $277.71 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $255.17 – $266.44 – $277.71 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.2% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (13.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.84× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.4% since the prior reading | -0.4% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 4 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 4 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.3% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-10-01 has been "filled" 4 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 4 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed higher 4 sessions in a row, a +5.06% move over the run — an unbroken run of up days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock has tracked the market almost exactly (the stock gained 1.0% while the market gained 1.0%) | -0.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 8.3 percentage points (the stock gained 12.2% while the market gained 3.8%) | +8.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 15.0 percentage points (the stock gained 32.5% while the market gained 17.5%) | +15.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 21.8 percentage points (the stock lost 6.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | -21.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 9.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 17% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $232.25 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +16.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $271.63 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
ADP last closed at $270.73 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 6 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $265.59 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-12-15 to 2026-09-09 |
| $282.00 | Resistance | 4.2% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2024-10-29 to 2026-09-15 |
| $288.29 | Resistance | 6.5% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-12-19 to 2026-09-01 |
| $249.50 | Support | 7.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-11-06 to 2026-01-02 |
| $296.44 | Resistance | 9.5% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2024-10-15 to 2025-08-06 |
| $238.75 | Support | 11.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-04 to 2026-07-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $278.52.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $241.08 and $255.38 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $278.52.
This reading has stood for 13 trading days, since 2026-09-22.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.72 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 15 analysts
- Mean price target$286.40 range $225.00 – $322.00; median $287.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-07. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for ADP
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.76 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-07
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.0063 (-0.2%) from $2.77, on 2026-09-06, 31-day window
- Readings revised upward11% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Regulatory and legal changes affecting payroll, tax, benefits, or PEO co-employment laws.","Risk of non-payment by PEO clients, especially during financial or banking system stress.","Potential for penalties, fines, or loss of licenses due to failure to comply with complex U.S. or foreign regulations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of ADP's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2026-01-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Evaluation date changed from 'December 31, 2025' (older filing, 2026-01-29) to 'March 31, 2026' (newer filing, 2026-04-30) in disclosure controls and procedures conclusion
- Reference period for internal control over financial reporting changed from 'three months ended December 31, 2025' (older filing, 2026-01-29) to 'three months ended March 31, 2026' (newer filing, 2026-04-30)
- Notes:
- These are routine updates reflecting the different quarter-end dates (Q4 2025 vs. Q1 2026) and do not represent substantive changes in disclosure controls, procedures, or legal matters
Risk Factors
- Added:
- The newer filing refers to the fiscal third quarter, while the older filing refers to the fiscal second quarter.
- The newer filing states ADP Assist agents have been applied since their launch in January and that clients have seen meaningful time savings for each payroll processed.
- The newer filing states ADP Lyric HCM is saving time for clients, with one company replacing a dozen disparate systems to achieve a leaner payroll operations model.
- The newer filing states ADP expanded its AI ecosystem by launching a dedicated space within ADP Marketplace for partner companies' AI agents.
- The newer filing states ADP scaled GenAI capabilities across service operations, transforming how client-facing teams engage, serve, and support clients across the full lifecycle.
- The newer filing adds a note that ADP remained focused on benefiting clients through global scale by delivering compliant HCM solutions, local expertise, and trusted relationships wherever clients operate.
- The newer filing adds nine-month highlights: revenue growth of 7% to $16,473.6 million; earnings before income taxes margin expansion of 50 bps and adjusted EBIT margin expansion of 50 bps; diluted and adjusted diluted EPS growth of 10% and 9% to $8.49 and $8.48; cash returned of $3.4B including $1.9B dividends and $1.5B share repurchases.
- For the nine months ended March 31, 2026, the newer filing states the financial condition remains solid at March 31, 2026.
- The newer filing adds a nine-month Total Revenues table for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 with amounts of $5,939.2, $5,553.0, $16,473.6, and $15,434.1 million.
- The newer filing adds nine-month total revenues growth details including an increase in the impact of foreign currency as a driver.
- The newer filing adds three-month ended March 31, 2026 interest on funds held of $403.9 million compared to $355.2 million, with average client funds balances up 8.5% to $48.3 billion and average interest rate earned of 3.3% versus 3.2%.
- The newer filing adds nine-month ended March 31, 2026 interest on funds held of $999.4 million compared to $881.3 million, with average client funds balances up 7.3% to $40.2 billion and average interest rate earned of 3.3% versus 3.1%.
- The newer filing adds a Total Expenses table for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, including operating expenses, research and development, depreciation and amortization, selling general and administrative expenses, and interest expense figures.
- The newer filing adds that for the three months ended March 31, 2026 operating expenses increased by $18.9 million due to an increase in costs related to workers' compensation coverage and state unemployment taxes for worksite employees.
- The newer filing adds a comparative period for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 with details on higher service and implementation costs (text truncated).
- Removed:
- The older filing states the fiscal second quarter saw continued new business momentum for Next Gen solutions including Workforce Now Next Gen and ADP Lyric HCM, which is not repeated in the newer filing.
- The older filing states ADP launched the ADP WorkForce Suite, an integrated workforce management solution, across its leading payroll and HCM platforms.
- The older filing states ADP introduced its first Pooled Employer Plan in the Retirement Services business.
- The older filing states ADP continued to enhance ADP Assist with additional persona-based agents.
- The older filing provides six-month highlights ended December 31, 2025: revenue growth of 7% to $10,534.5 million; earnings before income taxes margin expansion of 30 bps and adjusted EBIT margin expansion of 40 bps; diluted and adjusted diluted EPS growth of 9% to $5.12 and $5.11; cash returned of $2.1B including $1.3B dividends and $0.9B share repurchases.
- The older filing states financial condition remains solid at December 31, 2025.
- The older filing provides revenue tables for the three and six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 with amounts of $5,359.3, $5,048.4, $10,534.5, and $9,881.1 million.
- The older filing states total revenues increased for the three and six months ended December 31, 2025.
- The older filing includes three-month ended December 31, 2025 interest on funds held of $308.6 million compared to $272.8 million, with average client funds balances up 6.5% to $37.6 billion and average interest rate earned of 3.3% versus 3.1%.
- The older filing includes six-month ended December 31, 2025 interest on funds held of $595.5 million compared to $526.1 million, with average client funds balances up 6.5% to $36.2 billion and average interest rate earned of 3.3% versus 3.1%.
- The older filing provides a Total Expenses table for the three and six months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 with figures including operating expenses, research and development, depreciation and amortization, selling general and administrative expenses, and interest expense.
- The older filing includes a discussion of research and development expense increases for the three and six months ended December 31, 2025, including integration costs associated with the WorkForce Soft line (text truncated).
- Reworded:
- The newer filing changes the forward-looking reference period from the six months ended December 31, 2025 to the nine months ended March 31, 2026.
- The newer filing changes the strategic progress paragraph from second-quarter content about Next Gen momentum and product launches to third-quarter content about AI transformation, ADP Assist, ADP Lyric HCM, ADP Marketplace AI agents, and GenAI in service operations.
- The newer filing changes the highlights section period from six months ended December 31, 2025 to nine months ended March 31, 2026, updating all metrics accordingly.
- The newer filing changes the pays per control comparison period from six months ended December 31, 2025 versus December 31, 2024 to nine months ended March 31, 2026 versus March 31, 2025.
- The newer filing changes the PEO average worksite employees comparison period from six months ended December 31, 2025 versus December 31, 2024 to nine months ended March 31, 2026 versus March 31, 2025.
- The newer filing changes the revenue driver description order and includes an increase in interest on funds held for clients as the last listed driver, while the older filing listed the impact of foreign currency after zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.
- The newer filing changes the period for interest on funds held figures from December 31 periods to March 31 periods, with updated amounts, average balances, and average interest rates.
- The newer filing changes the expense table periods from three and six months ended December 31 to three and nine months ended March 31, with different comparative years.
- Notes:
- The newer filing text is truncated mid-sentence in the operating expenses discussion for the nine-month period, so some comparative details may be incomplete.
- The older filing text is truncated in the research and development expense discussion, with the phrase 'WorkForce Soft' cut off.
- The provided section header in both filings is labeled Risk Factors, but the actual content matches the Management's Discussion and Analysis section rather than a Risk Factors disclosure.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 23 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 23 sells ($12M) — 6 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-041 buy ($745695) · 25 sells ($13M) — 1 buying, 6 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-03. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about ADP's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 16 matched disclosures for ADP from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding ADP as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 59,397,971
- Reported value $13,335,922,395
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 1 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
ADP had 10,508,337 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
ADP had 2.65% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.26 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 10,508,337
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.65%
- Prior settlement (shares) 10,777,426
- Reported change -2.5%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.26
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Paychex
- Workday (WDAY)
- Ceridian / Dayforce (DAY)
- UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)
- Paycom (PAYC)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Automatic Data Processing (ADP) do?
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) provides comprehensive human capital management (HCM) solutions, including payroll services, global human resources, talent management, and benefits administration. The company also operates a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) business, providing integrated HR services to small and mid-sized businesses through co-employment arrangements.
What sector is Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in?
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Human Capital Management Software & Services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does ADP pay a dividend?
Yes — Automatic Data Processing (ADP) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.51% and at least 19 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) competitors?
Notable peers of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) include Paychex, Workday, Ceridian / Dayforce, UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) and Paycom. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in ADP?
Yes — we hold 16 matched STOCK Act disclosures for ADP from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Automatic Data Processing (ADP) overbought or oversold right now?
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on ADP come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.