“Net cash flows provided by/(used in) financing activities changed primarily due to a net increase in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $14,896.8 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employe…”10-Q · Apr 30, 2026 ↗
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
ADP
Market read
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- ADP's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ADP's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 21 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- ADP's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +6.7% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.23x in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- P/E is 73% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 20% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
267.31Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Employer Services' revenues increased for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 due to new business started from new business bookings, strong client retention, an increase in pricing, the impact of foreign currency, an increase in interest earned on funds hel…”10-Q · Apr 30, 2026 ↗
“33 Margin Employer Services' margin increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to contributions from client funds interest revenues, lower amortization of client contracts and lists, and operating efficiencies related to research and development,…”10-Q · Apr 30, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.9× · EV/sales 4.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ADP. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for ADP. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind ADP
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
CBChubb LimitedpartnerOct 31, 2025 ▾
“Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company…”
Depended on by
WDAYWorkday, Inc.partnerMar 6, 2026 ▾
“Our global partnerships with payroll providers, including Automatic Data Processing, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
ADP is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Information Technology Services. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.