ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
At the channel ceiling · 12-month channel rising
Price is at the upper line, where it has stalled before.
- 12-month channel
- US$268.28 – US$288.97 · rising, +15% a year
- Price in channel
- 124% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- none — above both ceilings
- Turns bearish below
- US$267.52
- Published levels
- Buy and target are not from this channel — see below.
What broke this trend
- The fall
- -41% from US$316.656 June 2025 → 10 Apr 2026
- Whose problem it was
- This company2 of 28 Software - Application peers fell with it
- Does it resolve?
- Temporary falls like it have resolved on the record
- Regained so far
- 76%of what it lost
- What the record says
- 63% of 30 comparable falls came back, typically in 91 days measured on its own peer group
Fell -41% (6 June 2025 → 10 Apr 2026); regained 76% so far; company-specific.
Reported at the time: $1000 Invested In Automatic Data Processing 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today — 3 June 2025
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 4:46 PM ET (67 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (12 months)
- Lower trend line (12 months)
- The same lines over the last 12 months
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy at or below
US$270.40
level as at 19 Nov 2026
Our target
US$292.03
by 2 Nov 2026
Projected move
8.0%
gross, before costs
Price is at or past our target.
Target: the projected upper line.
This move size: reached in 46% of 13 past stretches, typically in 73 days. (0.11% per day)
- Upper line touches
- 3
- Lower line touches
- 4
- Fit confidence
- 67%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is a global provider of cloud-based solutions designed for human capital management (HCM). The company organizes its operations into two primary segments: Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). Through its Employer Services division, ADP delivers strategic, cloud-powered platforms and comprehensive human resources (HR) outsourcing. This encompasses a wide array of services such as payroll processing, benefits administration, talent acquisition and management, general HR and workforce management, insurance, retirement planning, and regulatory compliance, often integrated into holistic HCM solutions. Conversely, the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) segment specializes in offering HR outsourcing to small and mid-sized businesses, leveraging a co-employment framework. This segment's offerings span robust benefits packages, regulatory protection and compliance, talent engagement strategies, specialized HR expertise, all-encompassing outsourcing, and even recruitment process outsourcing. Established in 1949, ADP maintains its corporate headquarters in Roseland, New Jersey.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Application
- CEO
- Maria Black
- Employees
- 67,000
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
- Valuation
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$120.52B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 0.84
- Avg volume
- 2.35M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
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- 52-week range
- 188.16-309.4
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.