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ADP (Automatic Data Processing) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 7.71 (As of Jun. 13, 2025)


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What is Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-13), Automatic Data Processing's current share price is $309.75. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $40.15. Automatic Data Processing's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 7.71.

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

ADP' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.95   Med: 6.43   Max: 8.27
Current: 7.71

During the past years, Automatic Data Processing's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 8.27. The lowest was 3.95. And the median was 6.43.

ADP's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
82.14% of 1377 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.2 vs ADP: 7.71

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Automatic Data Processing's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $12.724. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $40.15 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

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

Automatic Data Processing Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.70 6.92 6.44 6.22 6.26

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 PS 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 6.66 6.26 7.15 7.47 7.61

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

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

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

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


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Automatic Data Processing Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

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

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=309.75/40.15
=7.71

* 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 Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=12.724/134.9266*134.9266
=12.724

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Automatic Data Processing Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 5.550 100.684 7.438
201509 5.639 100.392 7.579
201512 5.904 99.792 7.983
201603 6.885 100.470 9.246
201606 6.161 101.688 8.175
201609 6.211 101.861 8.227
201612 6.430 101.863 8.517
201703 7.345 102.862 9.635
201706 6.600 103.349 8.617
201709 6.692 104.136 8.671
201712 7.058 104.011 9.156
201803 8.032 105.290 10.293
201806 7.115 106.317 9.030
201809 7.256 106.507 9.192
201812 7.679 105.998 9.775
201903 8.385 107.251 10.549
201906 7.641 108.070 9.540
201909 7.721 108.329 9.617
201912 8.151 108.420 10.144
202003 9.006 108.902 11.158
202006 7.581 108.767 9.404
202009 7.824 109.815 9.613
202012 8.369 109.897 10.275
202103 9.340 111.754 11.277
202106 8.536 114.631 10.047
202109 8.804 115.734 10.264
202112 9.288 117.630 10.654
202203 10.459 121.301 11.634
202206 9.562 125.017 10.320
202209 9.774 125.227 10.531
202212 10.100 125.222 10.883
202303 11.260 127.348 11.930
202306 10.242 128.729 10.735
202309 10.422 129.860 10.829
202312 10.770 129.419 11.228
202403 11.970 131.776 12.256
202406 10.979 132.554 11.176
202409 11.183 133.029 11.343
202412 11.676 133.157 11.831
202503 12.724 134.927 12.724

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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  (NAS:ADP) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS 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.
Executives
Christopher D'ambrosio officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Brian L. Michaud officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Michael A Bonarti officer: Staff Vice President ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Virginia Magliulo officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
David Kwon officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAD NJ 07068
John Ayala officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Maria Black officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Joseph Desilva officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Don Mcguire officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Sreenivasa Kutam officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Carlos A Rodriguez officer: Corporate Vice President 10200 SUNSET DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33173
Brock Albinson officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Paul Boland officer: Corp. VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
Donald Weinstein officer: Corporate VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068
James T Sperduto officer: Corp VP ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND NJ 07068