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Automatic Data Processing (BUE:ADP) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : ARS1,524.15 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Automatic Data Processing's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS603.828. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS1,524.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Automatic Data Processing's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 11.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 12.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 11.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 8.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of Automatic Data Processing was 17.30% per year. The lowest was -3.60% per year. And the median was 8.40% per year.

As of today (2025-05-07), Automatic Data Processing's current stock price is ARS61250.00. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS1,524.15. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 40.19.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Automatic Data Processing was 54.02. The lowest was 25.22. And the median was 40.05.


Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

Automatic Data Processing Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 228.95 123.56 201.17 494.74 1,442.07

Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,122.06 1,442.07 1,347.68 1,341.49 1,524.15

Competitive Comparison of Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Software - Application subindustry, Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Automatic Data Processing's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=603.828/134.9266*134.9266
=603.828

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.337 100.684 1.792
201509 0.027 100.392 0.036
201512 1.416 99.792 1.915
201603 3.390 100.470 4.553
201606 2.894 101.688 3.840
201609 1.223 101.861 1.620
201612 2.294 101.863 3.039
201703 4.103 102.862 5.382
201706 1.986 103.349 2.593
201709 0.667 104.136 0.864
201712 2.315 104.011 3.003
201803 7.802 105.290 9.998
201806 5.560 106.317 7.056
201809 0.449 106.507 0.569
201812 9.756 105.998 12.419
201903 11.842 107.251 14.898
201906 10.518 108.070 13.132
201909 6.161 108.329 7.674
201912 13.213 108.420 16.443
202003 23.641 108.902 29.291
202006 14.862 108.767 18.436
202009 10.417 109.815 12.799
202012 18.881 109.897 23.181
202103 38.465 111.754 46.441
202106 19.746 114.631 23.242
202109 -0.277 115.734 -0.323
202112 38.541 117.630 44.208
202203 34.854 121.301 38.769
202206 36.841 125.017 39.761
202209 32.574 125.227 35.097
202212 50.882 125.222 54.825
202303 98.807 127.348 104.687
202306 100.898 128.729 105.756
202309 28.232 129.860 29.334
202312 131.113 129.419 136.692
202403 456.926 131.776 467.850
202406 421.046 132.554 428.583
202409 264.879 133.029 268.658
202412 418.200 133.157 423.757
202503 603.828 134.927 603.828

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


Automatic Data Processing  (BUE:ADP) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=61250.00/1524.15
=40.19

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of Automatic Data Processing was 54.02. The lowest was 25.22. And the median was 40.05.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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Automatic Data Processing Business Description

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One ADP Boulevard, Roseland, NJ, USA, 07068
Automatic Data Processing is a global technology company providing cloud-based human capital management solutions enabling clients to better implement payroll, talent, time, tax, and benefits administration. Additionally, ADP provides human resource outsourcing solutions that allow customers to offload some of their traditional HR tasks. The company operates through two segments: employer services and the professional employer organization services. Employer services consists of the company's HCM products as well as a la carte HRO solutions. PEO services contains ADP's comprehensive HRO solution where it acts as a co-employer with its customer. As of fiscal 2024, ADP serves over 1.1 million clients and pays over 42 million workers across 140 countries.