Looking at how Automatic Data Processing stacks up against other companies in the professional services field.

Oct 12, 2026, 6:02 AM ETOpinionRead the original at Benzinga

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The comparison reports faster sales growth and higher profit measures, but much higher prices relative to book value and sales. Its own conclusion conflicts with those comparisons, leaving no clear change to ADP’s business outlook.

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The comparisons show ADP growing sales faster than the group and reporting higher profit measures. Its debt compared with owners’ equity is also lower than its leading peers. But ADP’s price compared with book value and sales is much higher than the group average. The article’s closing claim that all 3 price measures point to undervaluation conflicts with its own details, so the comparison does not clearly change ADP’s outlook.

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