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Automatic Data Processing (MIL:1ADP) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 21.81 (As of Jun. 03, 2025)


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What is Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-03), Automatic Data Processing's current share price is €282.00. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €12.93. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 21.81.

The historical rank and industry rank for Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:1ADP' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.14   Med: 13.3   Max: 25.41
Current: 25.41

During the past years, Automatic Data Processing's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 25.41. The lowest was 6.14. And the median was 13.30.

MIL:1ADP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
96.17% of 1436 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.71 vs MIL:1ADP: 25.41

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 PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Automatic Data Processing's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €13.331. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €12.93 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Automatic Data Processing Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.00 15.29 15.41 16.79 18.73

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 PB Ratio 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 19.44 18.73 21.76 23.13 23.85

Competitive Comparison of Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=282.00/12.93
=21.81

* 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.

Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=13.331/134.9266*134.9266
=13.331

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 9.186 100.684 12.310
201509 8.903 100.392 11.966
201512 8.418 99.792 11.382
201603 8.866 100.470 11.907
201606 8.753 101.688 11.614
201609 8.358 101.861 11.071
201612 8.057 101.863 10.672
201703 8.565 102.862 11.235
201706 7.954 103.349 10.384
201709 7.471 104.136 9.680
201712 7.504 104.011 9.734
201803 7.398 105.290 9.480
201806 9.239 106.317 11.725
201809 9.150 106.507 11.592
201812 9.600 105.998 12.220
201903 10.661 107.251 13.412
201906 11.006 108.070 13.741
201909 11.231 108.329 13.988
201912 11.181 108.420 13.915
202003 11.561 108.902 14.324
202006 11.882 108.767 14.740
202009 11.488 109.815 14.115
202012 11.329 109.897 13.909
202103 11.188 111.754 13.508
202106 11.107 114.631 13.073
202109 10.777 115.734 12.564
202112 10.630 117.630 12.193
202203 9.104 121.301 10.127
202206 7.333 125.017 7.914
202209 6.267 125.227 6.752
202212 6.804 125.222 7.331
202303 8.343 127.348 8.840
202306 7.859 128.729 8.237
202309 7.904 129.860 8.212
202312 9.645 129.419 10.055
202403 10.387 131.776 10.635
202406 10.352 132.554 10.537
202409 11.820 133.029 11.989
202412 11.918 133.157 12.076
202503 13.331 134.927 13.331

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book 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.


Automatic Data Processing  (MIL:1ADP) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Automatic Data Processing Business Description

Address
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.

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