ADP

Automatic Data Processing
Human Resource & Employment Services · Industrials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$277.22
+2.9% on the session
1-year return
-5.9%
+29.7% over six months
Volatility
27.1%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-37.7%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Automatic Data Processing is a human resource & employment services name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned -5.9%, against +26.7% over three months and +12.6% over one. It trades 19.0% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 27.1% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -37.7%, and it has traded a median $581M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.01 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#31 of 81
Stronger than 63% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#129 of 500

How ADP scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 1 others in Human Resource & Employment Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.9%
1 week+2.9%
1 month+12.6%
3 months+26.7%
6 months+29.7%
1 year-5.9%
12-1 momentum-16.4%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.1%
Max drawdown (1y)-37.7%
Distance vs 200-day average+19.0%
Return per unit of risk-0.22
Median daily dollar volume$581M
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