A new trading day began on Friday, with Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) stock price up 0.42% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $290.55. ADP’s price has ranged from $231.27 to $322.84 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 6.30% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 8.36%. With a float of $406.32 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $406.90 million.
In an organization with 64000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 46.98%, operating margin of 19.36%, and the pretax margin is 25.79%.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Software – Application Industry. The insider ownership of Automatic Data Processing Inc is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 82.76%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 10 ’25, was worth 144,833. In this transaction Corp. VP of this company sold 473 shares at a rate of $306.20, taking the stock ownership to the 7,244 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 10 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 473 for $306.20, making the entire transaction worth $144,833.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.28 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.36% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.06% during the next five years compared to 11.68% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Automatic Data Processing Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.00. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.96. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 26.03.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.59, a number that is poised to hit 2.97 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 10.88 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.27 million. That was better than the volume of 1.8 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 7.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.80.
During the past 100 days, Automatic Data Processing Inc’s (ADP) raw stochastic average was set at 19.17%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.61% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.25% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 17.12% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $301.88, while its 200-day Moving Average is $280.39. However, in the short run, Automatic Data Processing Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $293.15. Second resistance stands at $294.53. The third major resistance level sits at $296.51. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $289.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $287.81. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $286.43.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (NASDAQ: ADP) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 118.71 billion, the company has a total of 407,457K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 19,203 M while annual income is 3,752 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 5,048 M while its latest quarter income was 963,200 K.
