Automatic Data Processing Inc

Technology
EDP Services
www.adp.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $123.13B
PE 31
Debt $3.98B
Cash $8.20B
EV $118.91B
FCF $4.61B

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$4.00B
EBIT	$5.21B
ROE	68%
ROA	9%
FCF	$4.61B
Equity	$5.86B
Growth Stability	100%
PE	30.8
PEG	2.52
PB	21.03
P/FCF	26.7
P/S	6.09
Price/Cash	0.07
Debt/Equity	0.68
Debt/FCF	0.86
Net Margins	21%
Gross Margins	46%
Op. Margins	26%
Earnings CAGR	12%
Sales Growth YoY	6%
Sales Growth QoQ	10%
Sales CAGR	6%
FCF CAGR	11%
Equity CAGR	-1%
Earnings Stability	0.97
Earnings Growth YoY	5%
Earnings Growth QoQ	30%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	12%

Sales CAGR 5Y	8%
FCF CAGR 5Y	12%
Equity CAGR 5Y	-4%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	7%
Sales CAGR 3Y	7%
FCF CAGR 3Y	14%
Equity CAGR 3Y	30%
Market Cap	$123.13B
Revenue	$20.20B
Dividend Yield	2%
Payout Ratio	59%
Assets	$56.45B
Total Debt	$3.98B
Cash	$8.20B
Shares Outstanding	406.3M
EV	118.91B
Earnings Score	95%
Moat Score	94%
Safety Score	95%
Final Score	95%
Working Capital	691.4M
Current Ratio	1.02
Gross Profit	$9.29B
Shares Growth 3y	-1%
Equity Growth QoQ	15%
Equity Growth YoY	27%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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ADP is a provider of payroll and human capital management solutions servicing the full scope of businesses from micro to global enterprises. ADP was established in 1949 and serves over 920,000 clients primarily in the United States. ADP's employer services segment offers payroll, HCM solutions, HR outsourcing, insurance and retirement services. The smaller but faster-growing PEO segment provides HR outsourcing solutions to small and midsize businesses through a co-employment model.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-Q Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-K Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-Q Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-K Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Automatic Data Processing Inc compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Automatic Data Processing Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 12%

Stability 97%

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Automatic Data Processing Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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= $97B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$4.6B	$5.1B	$5.7B	$6.3B	$6.9B	$7.7B	$8.5B	$9.4B	$10B	$12B	$13B	$128B
DCF		$4.6B	$4.7B	$4.7B	$4.7B	$4.8B	$4.8B	$4.8B	$4.9B	$4.9B	$4.9B	$49B
Value	$97B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	06/2015	06/2016	06/2017	06/2018	06/2019	06/2020	06/2021	06/2022	06/2023	06/2024	TTM
Net Margins	13%	13%	14%	12%	16%	17%	17%	18%	19%	20%	21%
ROA	-	5%	7%	6%	7%	8%	7%	6%	9%	9%	9%
ROE	-	33%	35%	34%	42%	43%	46%	91%	97%	83%	68%

Good Net Margins (20.53%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	06/2015	06/2016	06/2017	06/2018	06/2019	06/2020	06/2021	06/2022	06/2023	06/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	1.19	1.07	0.87	0.79	0.7	1.02	1.02	0.75	0.76	0.86
Debt over Equity	0	0.45	0.4	0.42	0.37	0.35	0.53	0.93	0.85	0.66	0.68
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (0.86)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.68)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Good Graham’s Stability (100%)

The company has a good stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a good competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	06/2015	06/2016	06/2017	06/2018	06/2019	06/2020	06/2021	06/2022	06/2023	06/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	7%	6%	8%	6%	3%	3%	10%	9%	7%	8%
Earnings YoY growth	-	3%	16%	-6%	41%	8%	5%	13%	16%	10%	12%
Equity YoY growth	-	-7%	11%	-5%	14%	7%	-1%	-43%	9%	30%	-4%
FCF YoY growth	-	-3%	11%	22%	9%	13%	2%	0%	37%	-1%	12%