Wall Street Set to Close Strong a Turbulent 1H 2025.
We initiate Automatic Data Processing with a strong buy and $296.5 PT, seeing market skepticism as overdone versus ADP's resilient earnings and recurring revenue moat. ADP's structural float income and disciplined buybacks drive durable EPS growth, buffering macro/labor softness and justifying a premium valuation. We model muted client volume but see recurring revenue, float, and capital return levers offsetting the downside, supporting mid- to high-single-digit EPS growth.
This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields slightly over 4%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 9%.
We've experienced an abnormally newsworthy week for the stock market, but arguably this morning brings us the biggest news of all: the May Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Headline jobs growth came in at +139K — +14K higher than the +125K anticipated.
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We start a full week of trading this morning slightly in the red, based once again on — you guessed it — trade tensions. On Friday, President Trump accused China of violating its tariff agreement with the U.S., and late in the trading day Trump announced he would be doubling steel tariffs from 25% to 50%.
ADP (ADP) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
The ADP stock is benefiting from its transformation initiative, facilitating higher DataCloud penetration and mid-market migration.
ADP (ADP) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
Here is how Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (ALGM) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP ) J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference May 13, 2025 9:30 AM ET Company Participants Maria Black – President and Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Tien-tsin Huang – JPMorgan Tien-tsin Huang All right, got the thumbs up.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 30, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Matthew Keating - Vice President of Investor Relations Maria Black - President and Chief Executive Officer Don McGuire - Chief Financial Officer Peter Hadley - Treasurer Conference Call Participants Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Dan Dolev - Mizuho Securities USA Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird & Co. Tien-tsin Huang - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bryan Bergin - TD Cowen Samad Samana - Jefferies James Faucette - Morgan Stanley Jason Kupferberg - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Bryan Keane - Deutsche Bank AG Kevin McVeigh - UBS Kartik Mehta - Northcoast Research Partners Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets Operator Good morning.