Should Staffing & Employment Services Stock Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) Be in Your Portfolio Thursday?

Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) is around the top of the Staffing & Employment Services industry according to InvestorsObserver. ADP received an overall rating of 70, which means that it scores higher than 70 percent of all stocks. Automatic Data Processing Inc also achieved a score of 81 in the Staffing & Employment Services industry, putting it above 81 percent of Staffing & Employment Services stocks. Staffing & Employment Services is ranked 46 out of the 148 industries.

ADP has an Overall Score of 70. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on ADP!

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What do These Ratings Mean?

Finding the best stocks can be tricky. It isn’t easy to compare companies across industries. Even companies that have relatively similar businesses can be tricky to compare sometimes. InvestorsObserver’s tools allow a top-down approach that lets you pick a metric, find the top sector and industry and then find the top stocks in that sector. These scores are not only easy to understand, but it is easy to compare stocks to each other. You can find the best stock in an industry, or look for the sector that has the highest average score. The overall score is a combination of technical and fundamental factors that serves as a good starting point when analyzing a stock. Traders and investors with different goals may have different goals and will want to consider other factors than just the headline number before making any investment decisions.

What's Happening With Automatic Data Processing Inc Stock Today?

Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP) stock has fallen -0.44% while the S&P 500 is up 0.68% as of 2:49 PM on Thursday, Jan 26. ADP is down -$1.00 from the previous closing price of $228.01 on volume of 1,226,961 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is down -7.04% while ADP is up 14.97%. ADP earned $7.53 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.14. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Automatic Data Processing Inc stock.