Automatic Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow Analysis

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Automatic Data financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating Automatic Data Processing prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Automatic Data Processing is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Automatic Data Begin Period Cash Flow and its Free Cash Flow accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Automatic Data Processing. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow

Begin Period Cash Flow vs Free Cash Flow Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Automatic Data Processing Begin Period Cash Flow account and Free Cash Flow. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have strong relationship.

The correlation between Automatic Data's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow is 0.78. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Begin Period Cash Flow that can explain the historical movement of Free Cash Flow in the same time period over historical financial statements of Automatic Data Processing, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Automatic Data's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Begin Period Cash Flow of Automatic Data Processing are associated (or correlated) with its Free Cash Flow. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Free Cash Flow has no effect on the direction of Begin Period Cash Flow i.e., Automatic Data's Begin Period Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.78

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Significant

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Begin Period Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.

Free Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.

Most indicators from Automatic Data's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Automatic Data Processing current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Automatic Data Processing. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

At this time, Automatic Data's Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 11/30/2024, Enterprise Value is likely to grow to about 61 B, while Selling General Administrative is likely to drop slightly above 2 B.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	7.0B	8.1B	8.7B	9.2B
Total Revenue	16.5B	18.0B	19.2B	20.2B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Automatic Data fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Good Will	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Accounts Payable	Common Stock Total Equity
Total Assets		0.7	0.99	0.99	0.23	0.72	0.61	0.95	0.27	0.85	0.78	0.3	0.94	0.41	-0.93	0.88	0.37	0.69	-0.95	0.99	0.62	1.0	0.18	0.85	0.14	0.47
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.7		0.67	0.71	-0.14	0.65	0.74	0.75	0.24	0.7	0.8	0.26	0.78	0.09	-0.71	0.83	0.19	0.42	-0.8	0.73	0.49	0.68	0.67	0.76	-0.33	0.34
Other Current Liab	0.99	0.67		1.0	0.14	0.68	0.64	0.91	0.21	0.79	0.75	0.23	0.92	0.33	-0.89	0.87	0.4	0.73	-0.92	1.0	0.62	1.0	0.1	0.81	0.11	0.48
Total Current Liabilities	0.99	0.71	1.0		0.15	0.7	0.64	0.93	0.23	0.82	0.76	0.25	0.93	0.36	-0.9	0.88	0.37	0.71	-0.94	1.0	0.62	1.0	0.18	0.83	0.1	0.47
Total Stockholder Equity	0.23	-0.14	0.14	0.15		0.31	-0.41	0.31	0.51	0.45	0.04	0.51	0.2	0.84	-0.32	-0.01	-0.06	-0.08	-0.15	0.13	0.01	0.19	0.06	0.2	0.7	0.03
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.72	0.65	0.68	0.7	0.31		0.62	0.75	0.28	0.84	0.64	0.28	0.74	0.45	-0.81	0.72	0.52	0.45	-0.79	0.71	0.27	0.69	0.35	0.88	-0.09	0.2
Net Debt	0.61	0.74	0.64	0.64	-0.41	0.62		0.6	-0.27	0.58	0.71	-0.26	0.71	-0.16	-0.54	0.79	0.52	0.67	-0.7	0.66	0.47	0.59	0.19	0.78	-0.64	0.32
Retained Earnings	0.95	0.75	0.91	0.93	0.31	0.75	0.6		0.27	0.92	0.85	0.29	0.98	0.46	-0.94	0.87	0.25	0.61	-0.98	0.93	0.71	0.92	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.58
Cash	0.27	0.24	0.21	0.23	0.51	0.28	-0.27	0.27		0.25	0.14	1.0	0.2	0.43	-0.38	0.21	-0.06	-0.05	-0.23	0.23	0.08	0.28	0.29	0.11	0.43	0.14
Non Current Assets Total	0.85	0.7	0.79	0.82	0.45	0.84	0.58	0.92	0.25		0.77	0.26	0.91	0.63	-0.87	0.77	0.3	0.54	-0.88	0.82	0.55	0.8	0.39	0.94	0.04	0.44
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.78	0.8	0.75	0.76	0.04	0.64	0.71	0.85	0.14	0.77		0.16	0.87	0.13	-0.79	0.87	0.34	0.58	-0.87	0.79	0.67	0.75	0.31	0.8	-0.18	0.53
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.3	0.26	0.23	0.25	0.51	0.28	-0.26	0.29	1.0	0.26	0.16		0.22	0.43	-0.39	0.23	-0.07	-0.02	-0.25	0.25	0.11	0.3	0.29	0.12	0.43	0.16
Net Receivables	0.94	0.78	0.92	0.93	0.2	0.74	0.71	0.98	0.2	0.91	0.87	0.22		0.37	-0.9	0.9	0.29	0.71	-0.97	0.94	0.75	0.91	0.28	0.92	-0.04	0.62
Good Will	0.41	0.09	0.33	0.36	0.84	0.45	-0.16	0.46	0.43	0.63	0.13	0.43	0.37		-0.46	0.13	0.04	0.06	-0.33	0.34	0.09	0.37	0.25	0.42	0.56	0.07
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.93	-0.71	-0.89	-0.9	-0.32	-0.81	-0.54	-0.94	-0.38	-0.87	-0.79	-0.39	-0.9	-0.46		-0.88	-0.42	-0.47	0.96	-0.91	-0.5	-0.91	-0.25	-0.88	-0.16	-0.4
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.88	0.83	0.87	0.88	-0.01	0.72	0.79	0.87	0.21	0.77	0.87	0.23	0.9	0.13	-0.88		0.47	0.65	-0.93	0.9	0.6	0.88	0.19	0.86	-0.18	0.45
Inventory	0.37	0.19	0.4	0.37	-0.06	0.52	0.52	0.25	-0.06	0.3	0.34	-0.07	0.29	0.04	-0.42	0.47		0.33	-0.35	0.38	-0.17	0.38	-0.24	0.45	-0.14	-0.27
Other Current Assets	0.69	0.42	0.73	0.71	-0.08	0.45	0.67	0.61	-0.05	0.54	0.58	-0.02	0.71	0.06	-0.47	0.65	0.33		-0.63	0.71	0.73	0.69	-0.18	0.59	-0.14	0.6
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.95	-0.8	-0.92	-0.94	-0.15	-0.79	-0.7	-0.98	-0.23	-0.88	-0.87	-0.25	-0.97	-0.33	0.96	-0.93	-0.35	-0.63		-0.95	-0.68	-0.93	-0.29	-0.92	0.02	-0.55
Total Liab	0.99	0.73	1.0	1.0	0.13	0.71	0.66	0.93	0.23	0.82	0.79	0.25	0.94	0.34	-0.91	0.9	0.38	0.71	-0.95		0.62	0.99	0.18	0.84	0.07	0.48
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.62	0.49	0.62	0.62	0.01	0.27	0.47	0.71	0.08	0.55	0.67	0.11	0.75	0.09	-0.5	0.6	-0.17	0.73	-0.68	0.62		0.59	0.04	0.54	-0.1	0.95
Total Current Assets	1.0	0.68	1.0	1.0	0.19	0.69	0.59	0.92	0.28	0.8	0.75	0.3	0.91	0.37	-0.91	0.88	0.38	0.69	-0.93	0.99	0.59		0.14	0.81	0.16	0.45
Short Term Debt	0.18	0.67	0.1	0.18	0.06	0.35	0.19	0.3	0.29	0.39	0.31	0.29	0.28	0.25	-0.25	0.19	-0.24	-0.18	-0.29	0.18	0.04	0.14		0.33	-0.16	-0.03
Intangible Assets	0.85	0.76	0.81	0.83	0.2	0.88	0.78	0.9	0.11	0.94	0.8	0.12	0.92	0.42	-0.88	0.86	0.45	0.59	-0.92	0.84	0.54	0.81	0.33		-0.19	0.42
Accounts Payable	0.14	-0.33	0.11	0.1	0.7	-0.09	-0.64	0.1	0.43	0.04	-0.18	0.43	-0.04	0.56	-0.16	-0.18	-0.14	-0.14	0.02	0.07	-0.1	0.16	-0.16	-0.19		-0.12
Common Stock Total Equity	0.47	0.34	0.48	0.47	0.03	0.2	0.32	0.58	0.14	0.44	0.53	0.16	0.62	0.07	-0.4	0.45	-0.27	0.6	-0.55	0.48	0.95	0.45	-0.03	0.42	-0.12

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Automatic Data Account Relationship Matchups

Automatic Data fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	39.2B	48.8B	63.1B	51.0B	54.4B	57.1B
Short Long Term Debt Total	2.3B	3.3B	3.5B	6.8B	3.7B	3.9B
Other Current Liab	28.8B	37.7B	54.6B	38.6B	44.3B	46.5B
Total Current Liabilities	30.1B	38.1B	55.2B	42.8B	45.1B	47.3B
Total Stockholder Equity	5.8B	5.7B	3.2B	3.5B	4.5B	4.3B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	1.2B	1.1B	1.1B	1.1B	1.1B	723.2M
Net Debt	440.5M	753M	2.1B	1.3B	791.9M	831.5M
Retained Earnings	18.4B	19.5B	20.7B	22.1B	23.6B	24.8B
Cash	1.9B	2.6B	1.4B	2.1B	2.9B	1.5B
Non Current Assets Total	7.6B	8.0B	8.3B	8.8B	8.8B	7.8B
Non Currrent Assets Other	2.9B	3.3B	3.3B	4.0B	4.1B	4.6B
Cash And Short Term Investments	1.9B	2.6B	1.5B	2.1B	2.9B	1.6B
Net Receivables	2.4B	2.7B	3.2B	3.0B	3.4B	3.6B
Good Will	2.3B	2.3B	2.3B	2.3B	2.4B	1.9B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	432.7M	428.1M	421.1M	415.7M	412.2M	431.7M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	39.2B	48.8B	63.1B	51.0B	54.4B	57.1B
Non Current Liabilities Total	3.3B	5.0B	4.7B	4.7B	4.7B	4.8B
Inventory	26.7B	34.9B	49.6B	1.0	1.15	1.09
Other Current Assets	506.2M	35.4B	50.2B	743.9M	39.2B	41.2B
Other Stockholder Equity	(12.7B)	(13.9B)	(15.5B)	(16.4B)	(17.3B)	(16.5B)
Total Liab	33.4B	43.1B	59.8B	47.5B	49.8B	52.3B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	703M	1.1B	1.1B	1.1B	2.9B	3.0B
Total Current Assets	31.6B	40.7B	54.8B	42.2B	45.5B	47.8B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(14.8M)	10.6M	(2.0B)	(2.3B)	(1.8B)	(1.7B)
Short Term Debt	1.0B	23.5M	232.7M	3.8B	478.7M	506.5M
Intangible Assets	1.2B	1.2B	1.3B	1.3B	1.3B	1.1B
Accounts Payable	102M	141.1M	110.2M	96.8M	100.6M	137.4M
Short Term Investments	0.0	10.4M	32.7M	14.7M	384M	231.6M
Other Liab	1.9B	1.7B	1.3B	1.4B	1.2B	1.2B
Other Assets	2.9B	3.3B	3.5B	4.0B	1.0	0.95
Long Term Debt	1.0B	3.0B	3.0B	3.0B	3.0B	3.1B
Treasury Stock	(14.1B)	(15.4B)	(17.3B)	(18.5B)	(16.6B)	(15.8B)
Property Plant Equipment	703.9M	1.1B	1.1B	681.4M	783.6M	809.7M
Current Deferred Revenue	212.5M	203.9M	188.2M	188.6M	199.8M	223.3M
Net Tangible Assets	2.2B	2.1B	(408.3M)	(173.9M)	(156.5M)	(148.7M)
Retained Earnings Total Equity	18.4B	19.5B	20.7B	22.1B	25.4B	17.1B
Capital Surpluse	1.3B	1.5B	1.8B	2.1B	2.4B	2.5B

Pair Trading with Automatic Data

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Automatic Data position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Automatic Data will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Automatic Stock

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Moving against Automatic Stock

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0.59	VTEX	VTEX	Pair Corr
0.35	DMAN	Innovativ Media Group	Pair Corr

The ability to find closely correlated positions to Automatic Data could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Automatic Data when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Automatic Data - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Automatic Data Processing to buy it.

The correlation of Automatic Data is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Automatic Data moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Automatic Data Processing moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Automatic Data can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.

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