Automatic Data Processing DCF Stock Analysis.

Here’s my assumptions:

Risk Free Rate (10 Years Interest Rate Swap): 3.92%

Risk Premium (Taken from the Aswath Damodaran equity premium spreadsheet): 4.62%

Interest Rate Spread on The Risk free rate ( For the cost of debt calculation): 4%

Historical Data

Revenue growth in the last 10 years (CAGR): 5.62%

Earnings growth in the last 10 years (CAGR): 10.58%

Unlevered Free Cash Flow growth in the last 10 years (CAGR): 13.94%

Future Assumptions

End of Year FCF growth: 14%

Growth until end of 2026: 14%

Growth until end of 2034: 10%

Perpetual growth: 3%

Net Debt: 2.053B

Outstanding Stock Options Present Value Assumption: $0.086B

Assumptions used for the Black & Scholes model:

• Stock Price: $212
• Strike Price: $164
• Time to expiration: 5 years
• Risk Free Rate: 3.92%
• Volatility: 20%

Restricted Stock Units Present Value Assumption: $0.408B

Stock Valuation based on these assumptions: $387

Last update 02/17/2026

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I don’t have a position in Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and I don’t plan to add a position in the coming days.