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Automatic Data Processing
$292.001d -2.2%5d -0.8%settled close · 2026-10-28

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Mkt cap $118B (10/28)β 0.0352w $189–308Shares 402.6MInd. Services-Computer Processing & Data PreparationNasdaq since 1968Emp. 67,000HQ Roseland, NJadp.com
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Who’s talking about ADP

5 longlatest 2026-03-17
DateVoiceStanceVenueThesis
2026-03-17Terry SmithFounder & CIO, FundsmithBullishFundsmith LLP UKADP's payroll and HR processing is mission-critical and extraordinarily complex—navigating 50 different US…
2024-09-26Terry SmithFounder & CIO, FundsmithBullishFinancial Planner Life PodcastADP is a technology business providing payroll processing — a high-recurring-revenue, essential-service model…
2021-12-01Terry SmithFounder & CIO, FundsmithBullishInvestors' ChroniclePayroll-processing software embeds itself in business operations in a way that is painful and costly to…
2021-10-06Rom WilsonFounder & Portfolio Manager, ACM Capital ManagementBullishDennis HongBlend of stable Parisian hub airports and higher-growth emerging-market airports (India, Kazakhstan, Chile)…
2018-12-16Bill AckmanCEO, Pershing SquareBullishInvesting PrincipleADP is massively underperforming its potential — margins can expand 1,200 basis points vs management's…
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Earnings

Next report: 26 Jan 2027

Confirmed date · consensus EPS 2.94. Reactions below are the next settled session over the prior close.
ReportWhenEPS actual vs est.Reaction
28 Oct 2026before the open2.82 vs 2.79-2.2%
The options tape

Notable options days

Sessions in the last 120 where ADP’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 8 of 120 sessions qualified.

The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are member content.
DateCloseRVOL Δ$ flow ($M)Call % LEAPS %+20 sess.
2026-10-27
2026-10-22
2026-09-10
2026-08-11
2026-07-29
2026-07-28
2026-07-27
2026-07-01
+20 sess. = raw price change over the following 20 sessions — not market-adjusted; the tape tells you where to look, not what happens next.
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