Company Dossier · Industrials
Automatic Data Processing
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What Automatic Data Processing is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $21.9 billion, up 6.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to June 30, 2026: $2.08 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to June 30, 2026: $0.99 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.85 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed August 5, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $12.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 2,296 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+12 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 139 (215 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Automatic Data Processing is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised21st pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings36th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications58th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment90th pct
- Call confidence82nd pct
- Guidance changes15th pct
- Risk factors added61st pct
- Insider open-market trades84th pct
- + Call sentiment
- − Guidance changes
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver93rd pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Automatic Data Processing's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$5.0B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $5.0B
- Default point $2.5B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$1.0B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | $1B | 5.000% | 2036 (10y) | +65bp | 5.088% |
| May 5, 2025 | $1B | 4.750% | 2032 (7y) | +63bp | 4.777% |
| Sep 4, 2024 | $1B | 4.450% | 2034 (10y) | +73bp | 4.495% |
From the pricing term sheets Automatic Data Processing filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Automatic Data Processing, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralPaychex (PAYX) vs ADP (ADP): Which Payment Giant Has a Wider Moat?
insidermonkey.com · via Marketaux · Oct 10, 2026
- NeutralU.S. Private Sector Employment Surges in September, ADP (ADP) Dividend Remains Attractive Amid Market Dynamics
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Sep 30, 2026
- NeutralU.S. Private Sector Adds 90,000 Jobs in September; ADP (ADP) Shows Dividend Resilience
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Sep 30, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Aug 5, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jul 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jun 26, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 7, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jan 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Nov 17, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)third_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Aug 6, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jul 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED)second_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Jun 27, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 8, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Apr 30, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 12, 20248-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Nov 8, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 7, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 15, 2023Patent
Peers
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