Automatic Data Processing Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) announced that its board authorized the repurchase of $6 billion of common stock on January 14, 2026.

This new authorization replaces in its entirety the prior 2022 authorization of $5 billion and follows a share base of approximately 403 million common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.70 per share. The dividend is payable April 1, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 13, 2026.

ADP (ADP) reported its NER Pulse preliminary estimate for the four weeks ending Dec 20, 2025, showing U.S. private employers added an average of 11,750 jobs per week. The pace of weekly job gains edged up from the prior week (11,000), and the release includes a 12-week series of seasonally adjusted, four-week moving averages ranging from -11,750 to 13,250. ADP notes these are preliminary estimates with a two-week data lag and that the next NER Pulse will be released Jan 20, 2026. The NER Pulse is produced by ADP Research with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and publishes every Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. ET.

ADP (ADP) reported private sector employment rose by 41,000 jobs in December 2025 and annual pay for job-stayers was up 4.4% year‑over‑year, with job-changer pay growth accelerating to 6.6%. Hiring gains were led by education & health services (+39,000) and leisure & hospitality (+24,000), while professional & business services lost 29,000 jobs and the West region fell 61,000. Small establishments added 9,000 jobs and medium establishments added 34,000. The November jobs total was revised from -32,000 to -29,000. ADP says its report uses anonymized payroll data covering over 26 million private‑sector employees; the next report is due Feb 4, 2026 at 8:15 a.m. ET.

ADP (Nasdaq: ADP) will release second quarter fiscal 2026 results for the quarter ending Dec 31, 2025 before the Nasdaq open on Jan 28, 2026.

A conference call to discuss results will be held at 8:30 a.m. ET on Jan 28, 2026 and will feature Maria Black (President & Chief Executive Officer), Peter Hadley (Chief Financial Officer) and Matthew Keating (VP, Investor Relations).

The company will post earnings materials on the Investor Relations site (investors.adp.com), issue a news‑wire alert with a link when materials are live, webcast the call with slides available shortly before the webcast, and provide a replay after the call.

ADP (ADP) reports that for the four weeks ending December 6, 2025, U.S. private employers added an average of 11,500 jobs per week based on the NER Pulse, a weekly update to the ADP National Employment Report.

Job growth slowed from an upwardly revised 17,500 the prior week, but remained positive for a third consecutive week. The NER Pulse uses a four-week moving average, is seasonally adjusted with a two-week data lag, and publishes weekly with 12 weeks of historical data; the next NER Pulse will be released January 13, 2026.

ADP (ADP) preliminary NER Pulse for the four weeks ending Nov 29, 2025 shows U.S. private employers added an average of 16,250 jobs per week (four-week moving average, seasonally adjusted).

The print signals a hiring rebound in late November after four weeks of job losses; prior weekly four-week averages ranged from -12,000 to 11,500. The NER Pulse is preliminary, uses a two-week data lag, and may change as new data are added. The next NER Pulse will publish Jan 12, 2026.

ADP (Nasdaq: ADP) announced on December 11, 2025 an embedded integration of Thatch's ICHRA platform into RUN Powered by ADP (RUN). The integration gives employers access to ICHRA discovery, quoting, activation, and enrollment directly inside RUN, and automates payroll deductions and carrier payments.

Key features include embedded discovery & activation, automated payroll sync to reduce manual work, and a unified employee experience for selecting health, dental, and vision plans. The integration builds on ADP Ventures' April 2025 strategic investment in Thatch and targets ADP's RUN user base of more than 900,000 small businesses.

ADP (Nasdaq: ADP) on Dec. 10, 2025 launched Save4Retirement, a Pooled Employer Plan (PEP) that lets unrelated employers join a single professionally managed 401(k) structure to consolidate administration and share costs.

The PEP names Pentegra as the pooled plan provider to assume primary administrative fiduciary duties (Form 5500 filing, audits, distribution authorization) and Mesirow as ERISA 3(38) investment manager to oversee investment selection and monitoring. ADP highlights embedded payroll and recordkeeping integration for real-time data sync and retains independent RIAs in an advisor-centric model to support enrollment and participant education.