Afterhours Decline: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP)

The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company. Insider ownership for the ADP is 0.10%. Institutional ownership refers to the ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the ADP is 82.00%.

Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about that ADP. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public. The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships) for the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) is -32.32%.
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Institutional ownership is the amount of a Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership for the ADP is 0.24%.

U.S traded Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) stock climbs 0.64% on Monday and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $166.39 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are 1.62 Million. The number of shares ADP stock currently held by all its shareholders are 431.75 and floated shares, the number of shares are available for trading in an open market on last trading day are 431.75. The average volume of shares for 3 months is 1496.28 and ADP stock value has moved between $121.45 – 169.79 in last one year.

The Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP)’s latest earnings date is 7/31/2019. The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross margin for Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) is 49.30% and the profit margin is 13.80% and the stock has gained 26.90% in 2019 to date.

U.S. traded shares of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP)’s monthly stock performance is 3.92%, the quarterly performance is 2.67%, the half year performance is calculated as 28.75%. The yearly performance of ADP is 23.94%.

The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) weekly volatility is measured as 1.59% and monthly volatility measured as 1.62%.

Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. ADP return on assets is 4.70%, the return on equity (ROE) of the Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) is 39.70%, while the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is typically used for personal financial decisions, and ADP return on investment is 24.40%.

The price to earnings ratio is 36.99, price to sales ratio is 5.13, and price to book ratio is 13.76, price to cash per share ration is 39.18, price to free cash flow is 56.74.

Analysts mean target price for Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP) is $168.56 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.40. The current share price indicates that stock is -2.38% away from its one year high and is moving 37.06% ahead of its 52-week low. ADP’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 0.75% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 2.23%.