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Automatic Data Processing vs First Advantage (ADP vs FA)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Automatic Data Processing (ADP) returned +16.9% and First Advantage (FA) +82.0%; so far this year the figures are +17.9% and +61.9%.
Automatic Data Processing is the larger company by market value, about 29.6 times the size of First Advantage.
On trailing earnings, ADP trades at 26.9 times and FA at 94.1 times.
Revenue grew +6.5% at ADP and +17.7% at FA over the last year.
ADP yields 2.24%. FA pays no dividend.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| ADP | FA | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $303.35 | $23.53 |
| 1-day | -1.23% | +1.73% |
| YTD | +17.93% | +61.94% |
| 1 year | +16.87% | +81.98% |
| 3 years | +44.20% | +79.76% |
| Market cap | $119.8B | $4.0B |
| P/E | 26.9 | 94.1 |
| P/S | 5.38 | 2.35 |
| P/B | 23.52 | 3.05 |
| Revenue growth | +6.50% | +17.70% |
| EPS growth | +11.40% | — |
| Gross margin % | 46.6 | — |
| Net margin % | 20.3 | 2.5 |
| ROE % | 88.9 | 3.2 |
| Debt / equity | 0.98 | 1.50 |
| FCF yield % | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.24 | — |
| Beta | -0.11 | 0.38 |
| RSI (14) | 62.4 | 74.3 |
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