ADP marked an improvement of +20K above expectations and a swing to the positive from an upwardly revised -29K the prior month.
Gold and silver hover near key support levels as traders brace for ADP payroll data and Fed remarks, balancing rate-cut hopes against a stronger U.S. dollar.
Dividend growth stocks tend to make excellent long-term investments. They often feature a strong business model, effective management, healthy balance sheets, and steady growth.
Fewer than 70 companies have achieved Dividend Aristocrats® status, and even fewer are Dividend Kings with 50 years of dividend increases and counting. Some of these companies, however, only offer meager dividend increases that sometimes trail inflation, so not all are buys for income investors.
This is my latest article where I provide predictions of upcoming dividend increases from companies with long-term dividend growth histories. The pattern of modest dividend increases continues, with only three of 19 companies announcing double-digit percentage boosts in October. November brings a larger chance of 10%+ increases from several companies, including industrials Roper Technologies and Snap-on, and healthcare companies Becton, Dickinson and Cencora.
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 4%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 8%.
Automatic Data Processing remains a buy, offering long-term value despite recent underperformance and a slight decline versus the S&P 500. ADP posted strong Q1 results with 7.2% revenue growth, beating expectations, and continues to invest in AI to drive future efficiencies. Dividend growth is a key attraction, with ADP raising payouts for 26 consecutive years and maintaining a double-digit growth rate.
ADP delivers solid first-quarter fiscal 2026 results, with earnings and revenues topping estimates, supported by broad-based segment gains.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ( ADP ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call October 29, 2025 8:30 AM EDT Company Participants Matthew Keating - Vice President of Investor Relations Maria Black - President, CEO & DIrector Peter Hadley - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Samad Samana - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Mark Marcon - Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Research Division Jinli Chan - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Kartik Mehta - Northcoast Research Partners, LLC Jared Levine - TD Cowen, Research Division David Paige Papadogonas - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Daniel Jester - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Tien-Tsin Huang - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Kevin McVeigh - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Dan Dolev - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division Michael Infante - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Zachary Gunn - Financial Technology Partners LP Presentation Operator Good morning.
ADP delivered a strong FY 2026 Q1 earnings beat, but investors responded with caution.
The headline numbers for ADP (ADP) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.