ADT (ADT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ADT Inc. provides security, interactive, and smart home solutions to residential and small business customers in the United States. It operates through two segments, Consumer and Small Business, and Solar. The company provides burglar and life safety alarms, smart security cameras, smart home automation systems, and video surveillance systems. It primarily offers security designed to detect intrusion, control access, sense movement, smoke, fire, carbon monoxide, flooding, temperature, and other environmental conditions and hazards; and address personal medical emergencies, such as injuries or unanticipated falls. The company also provides automation and smart home solutions that allow customers to use their smart phones, smart phone application, or touchscreen panels in their homes to arm and disarm their security systems; record and view real-time video; and creates customized and automated schedules for connected devices; programs systems to react to defined events; integrates system with third-party connected devices, such as cameras, lights, thermostats, appliances, and garage doors, as well as offers monitoring and maintenance services. In addition, the company offers energy storage solutions, energy efficiency upgrades, and roofing services. It offers its products under the ADT, ADT Pulse, ADT+, and ADT Commercial brand names. The company was formerly known as Prime Security Services Parent, Inc. and changed its name to ADT Inc. in September 2017. ADT Inc. was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.76 to $6.93
• 50-Day Range: $6.79 to $8.14
• 52-Week Range: $6.02 to $8.25
• Volume: 14.15 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.39 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.42
• Dividend Yield: 3.22%
• Price Target: $8.55
• Consensus Rating: Hold

ADT Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ADT scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 75th out of 178 stocks in the industrial products sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

ADT has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ADT has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.86%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ADT are expected to grow by 12.86% in the coming year, from $0.70 to $0.79 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ADT is 7.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ADT is 7.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrial Products sector average P/E ratio of about 21.08.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ADT has a P/B Ratio of 1.66. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.02% of the float of ADT has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ADT has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ADT has recently increased by 1.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

ADT pays a meaningful dividend of 3.10%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ADT does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ADT is 23.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, ADT will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.85% next year. This indicates that ADT will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.02% of the float of ADT has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ADT has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ADT has recently increased by 1.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.04

News Sentiment

ADT has a news sentiment score of 1.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Industrial Products companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for ADT this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for ADT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 3 people have added ADT to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ADT insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.20% of the stock of ADT is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.22% of the stock of ADT is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ADT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ADT shares performed this year?

ADT's stock was trading at $6.82 at the start of the year. Since then, ADT shares have increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $6.83.
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How were ADT's earnings last quarter?

ADT Inc. (NYSE:ADT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The security and automation business reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.03. The company's revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis.

When did ADT IPO?

ADT (ADT) raised $2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, January 19th 2018. The company issued 111,100,000 shares at $17.00-$19.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse served as the underwriters for the IPO and Imperial Capital, Academy Securities, Allen & Company, Apollo Global Securities, Citizens Capital Markets, LionTree, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and The Williams Capital Group were co-managers.

Who are ADT's major shareholders?

ADT's top institutional shareholders include Pacer Advisors Inc. (3.41%), State Street Corp (0.73%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.65%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include James David Devries, Daniel Bresingham, Jamie Elizabeth Haenggi, Kenneth Porpora, Wayne Thorsen, David W Smail and Delu Jackson.
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How do I buy shares of ADT?

Shares of ADT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of ADT own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that ADT investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), American Water Works (AWK), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), The RMR Group (RMR), AUO (AUOTY), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/4 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/04/2024
• Last Earnings: 10/24/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/9 Dividend: 12/12/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/09/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrial Products
• Industry: Detective & armored car services
• Sub-Industry: Security & Alarm Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ADT
• CUSIP: 00101J10
• CIK: 1703056
• Web: www.adt.com
• Phone: (561) 988-3600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 14,300
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $8.55
• High Stock Price Target: $9.20
• Low Stock Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.76
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $463.01 million
• Net Margins: 18.18%
• Pretax Margin: 4.35%
• Return on Equity: 17.77%
• Return on Assets: 4.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.93
• Current Ratio: 0.81
• Quick Ratio: 0.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.14 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.21
• Cash Flow: $2.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.08
• Book Value: $4.11 per share
• Price / Book: 1.66

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 907,013,000
• Free Float: 887,059,000
• Market Cap: $6.19 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.49