Current Report: ADT Price May Gain 9.7% This Year

The company was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

ADT, Inc. (ADT) provides security, automation, and smart home solutions. 

Its products include security panels, security cameras, ADT mobile application, and identity theft protection.

Three key data points gauge ADT (or any dividend paying entity):

(1) Price 

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

ADT Price

ADT’s single share price fell  $1.43 (or about 17.375%) from $8.23 to $6.80 in the past year, per Friday’s closing market report.

Five analysts cover the stock.

Their consensus target price is  $1.36 higher than the $6.80 recent price.

Furthermore, 6 years of price history shows an average  $0.48 annual price gain which I’ll use for an annual return; after I discuss dividends.  

ADT Dividends

ADT has paid quarterly dividends since April, 2018.

The most recent Q dividend of $0.045 is payable July 7th (to shareholders on record as of June 11th) and the resulting annual $0.18 annual payout yields a forward looking 3.24% (per Friday’s closing market report.}

ADT Returns

Putting it all together, as of June 12th, a possible gross gain of $0.66 was projected. The $0.48 per share historic annual gain was added to the $0.18 forward looking annual dividend.

A little under $1000 invested in ADT at Friday’s $6.80 closing share price would buy 147 shares which multiply the $0.66 gross gain to $97.06 for the coming year, or 9.71%.

My dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a dividend stock that pay an annual dividend (from $1000 invested) that is greater than the cost of one share.

ADT’s projected annual dividend from $1K invested is $32.40. So ADT shows a dividend from $1,000 invested 4.76 times greater than its $6.80 single share price.

The exact track of ADT’s future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances. 

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.