Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks For January 2026
My high-yield dividend watchlist aims for quality stocks at attractive valuations, with a long-term CAGR target of 12%. In December 2025, the watchlist gained 0.03%, outperforming VYM and SPY, though annual performance lagged benchmarks. The Quality portfolio variant has outperformed recently, with all three variants beating benchmarks over the past two months.
Labor Market Data in Focus
We start the first trading day of the new year — Happy New Year, everybody! — in optimistic territory, following a modest December overall, which saw the Santa Claus Rally peter out and the tech-heavy Nasdaq close in the red for the month.
Reasons Why Investors Can Consider Buying ADP Stock Now
Automatic Data Processing accelerates growth via DataCloud, Q1 FY26 mid-single-digit gains and 25.5% margins, plus smart deals and a 51st straight dividend hike.
Pre-Market In Red
Our major market indexes have flattened on low seasonal volume of late, and are slipping in early trading in the third-final trading day of 2025. The Dow is currently -52 points, the S&P 500 is -20, the Nasdaq -123 and the small-cap Russell 2000 is -5 points currently.
3 Dividend Stocks to Hold for the Next 10 Years
Coca-Cola's strong brand and attractive business model have helped it raise its dividend payment for 63 consecutive years. ADP generates a stable revenue stream through its subscription-based human capital management services and has consistently increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Presents at 53rd Annual Nasdaq Investor Conference Transcript
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) Presents at 53rd Annual Nasdaq Investor Conference Transcript
Automatic Data Processing: An Undervalued Stock For Long-Term Dividend Growth Investors
Automatic Data Processing is a US-based global technology company providing cloud-based enterprise human resources management software and services. ADP moved its revenue from $11.7 billion in FY 2016 to $20.6 billion in FY 2025. ADP has a terrific financial position. The long-term debt/equity ratio is 0.6, while the interest coverage ratio is nearly 13. Total cash exceeds long-term debt.
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Up To 8% (December 2025)
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 3.6%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 8%.
Jobless Claims Puzzlingly Light, Lowest in 3 Years
The current weakness in the labor market may be due to letting retirees' jobs expire, or pink slips accompanied by longer-term severance payments.
Headline ADP Payrolls Number Comes in Negative
Headline ADP Payrolls Number Comes in Negative.
ADP Disappoints: -32K Private Sector Jobs Last Month
Small businesses lost -120K jobs last month, the biggest decline since the Covid pandemic in 2020.
Gold price jumps as ADP says 32K jobs lost in November
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