Automatic Data Processing (MEX:ADAP) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.20% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Automatic Data Processing 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Automatic Data Processing's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.20%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Automatic Data Processing's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:ADAP' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.7 Med: 1.2 Max: 4.2
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, Automatic Data Processing's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 4.20%. The lowest was -2.70%. And the median was 1.20%.

MEX:ADAP's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
90.86% of 2067 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: -1.7 vs MEX:ADAP: 1.20

Competitive Comparison of Automatic Data Processing's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Automatic Data Processing's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Automatic Data Processing's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Automatic Data Processing 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Automatic Data Processing (MEX:ADAP) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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Automatic Data Processing Business Description

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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.