ADP · Automatic Data Processing Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $113.2B |
| P/E | 25.81 |
| Float | 397.2M |
| Beta | 0.83 |
| Volatility | 20.7% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Professional Services |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 83.2 |
| Price | 289.49 |
| Change | +0.20% |
| Prev Close | 288.90 |
| Open | 286.50 |
| Day Low | 285.09 |
| Day High | 289.80 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $471.9M |
| 52W High | 288.00 |
| 52W Low | 188.16 |
| 52W Pos | 101.5% |
| From High | +0.52% |
| From Low | +53.85% |
| Max DD 1Y | −33.52% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +8.25% |
| SMA 50 | +6.21% |
| SMA 200 | +21.54% |
| RSI (14) | 69.0 |
| Vol 30D | 23.9% |
| Vol 90D | 27.7% |
| 1Y Range | 188–288 |
| Daily bars | 899 |
| Perf Week | +5.51% |
| Perf Month | +4.56% |
| Perf Quarter | +11.90% |
| Perf Half Y | +42.49% |
| Perf Year | +0.51% |
| Perf YTD | +14.48% |
| Prev Day | +0.20% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.01 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.05 |
| Int Cover | 75.4× |
| FCF Margin | 24.8% |
| Rev Growth | +6.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 1 / 15 |
What ADP does
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions worldwide.
It operates in two segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (PEO). The Employer Services segment offers strategic, cloud-based platforms, and human resources (HR) outsourcing solutions.
This segment’s offerings include RUN Powered by ADP, a software platform for small business payroll, HR, and compliance; ADP Workforce Now, a HCM solution used across mid-sized and large businesses to manage employees; and ADP Lyric HCM, a solution for HR management, payroll, workforce management, talent, and data analytics.
The PEO Services segment provides HR and employment administration outsourcing solutions under ADP TotalSource name to businesses through a co-employment model.
The segment also provides guidance, user-friendly technology, comprehensive employee benefits, and a risk management, safety, and workers’ compensation program.
The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayADP grades A-, 83.2 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (87), most exposed on Price Stability (64, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Professional Services median. Ranks 1 of 15 in Professional Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| ADP | Professional Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| Volatilityannualized | 20.7% | 18.8% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −33.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.94% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 23 (9%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| ADP | Professional Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 44% of 16 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Professional Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| ADP | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +5.5% |
| 1 month | +4.6% |
| Year to date | +14.5% |
| 1 year | +0.5% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| ADP | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 30 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 56 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 17 · 10 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 17 ↑ 10 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Professional Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| ADP | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +6.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Professional Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openThe body provides no specific numbers, acquisition names, or concrete details on these points.
The body is a single sentence and provides no specific numbers, dates, or named events.
ADP reported a sharp slowdown in pays-per-control growth to about 1% for fiscal 2026 and guided to 0-1% for fiscal 2027, signaling a cooler U.S. labor market and slightly weaker expected client retention. At the same time, Employer Services revenue grew 7% in the latest quarter, new business bookings rose 6%, and client float income (interest earned. No specific catalyst was identified.
ADP, which publishes the widely-watched monthly U.S. jobs report, is warning that the labor market is cooling. The article notes that ADP's own internal headcount is shifting in the same direction, though it gives almost no specific numbers or details.
ADP, which publishes monthly US private-sector jobs data, reported its own payroll counts are slowing. The number of employees on existing client payrolls grew just 1% in fiscal 2026, and fiscal 2027 guidance calls for only 0% to 1% growth.
Nearest peers by size
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