ADT Inc. (NYSE:ADT) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

ADT Inc. (NYSE:ADT) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $8.23.

ADT has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. BTIG Research began coverage on shares of ADT in a research report on Monday, August 17th. They set a “neutral” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ADT in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on ADT from $7.50 to $7.75 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st.

ADT Price Performance

ADT stock opened at $6.88 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 1.02. ADT has a one year low of $6.24 and a one year high of $8.89. The business has a fifty day moving average of $7.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a current ratio of 0.69.

ADT (NYSE:ADT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The security and automation business reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.29 billion. ADT had a net margin of 11.85% and a return on equity of 18.99%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. ADT has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.910-0.910 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that ADT will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

ADT Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.055 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.2%. ADT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.99%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ADT

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in ADT by 9.7% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 39,887,288 shares of the security and automation business’s stock valued at $262,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,529,422 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management raised its position in ADT by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 27,837,737 shares of the security and automation business’s stock worth $224,651,000 after acquiring an additional 2,191,531 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in ADT during the fourth quarter worth about $192,996,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its holdings in shares of ADT by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 14,156,264 shares of the security and automation business’s stock valued at $114,241,000 after purchasing an additional 215,213 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ADT by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,906,341 shares of the security and automation business’s stock valued at $88,030,000 after purchasing an additional 577,013 shares in the last quarter. 87.22% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About ADT

ADT Inc (NYSE: ADT) is a provider of security, automation and smart-home solutions for residential and commercial customers. The company offers professionally installed and monitored alarm systems, video surveillance, fire and life-safety products, access-control solutions, and home-automation services.

For residential customers, ADT provides security systems that can integrate alarms, cameras, locks, lighting, thermostats and other connected devices. Its services generally include 24-hour professional monitoring, mobile-app controls, video monitoring and related support.