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DeSilva Joseph

Executive VP

Officer
3 filings analyzed · 1 company · Latest 2025-09-05

Companies

Company Buys Sells Direction
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC ADP 0 5 Net selling

Activity

September 2025
Sell
4,614 shares
$1,368,374
Significance 4/10

DeSilva (EVP) sold 4,614 shares of ADP at $296.57; stock down 9.4% in 90 days post-prior sales

DeSilva sold 4,614 shares (20.8% of pre-transaction holdings) on 2025-09-03, reducing his ADP position from 22,149 to 17,535 shares. His prior three ADP sales at this ticker, executed at favorable moments relative to 90-day price movement (average 90d return +6.4%), generated modest positive returns, suggesting disciplined execution historically. However, the broader technical backdrop shows ADP trading -9.4% from its 52-week high ($326.81), and the stock is down 9.4% over the past 90 days. This sale occurs in a context where the executive's prior timing pattern at this ticker (0 of 3 prior sells well-timed at 90-day mark) lacks evidence of prescience, making this transaction a routine portfolio rebalance rather than a distinctive insider signal.

January 2025
Sell
6,516 shares
$1,914,596
Significance 4/10

Corp VP DeSilva Joseph sells 6,516 shares at $293.83 for $1.9M, reducing ADP holdings by -26.5%

DeSilva Joseph executed 2 separate sales totaling 6,516 shares for $1,914,596.28 on 2025-01-02, reducing his post-transaction holdings from 24,566 to 18,050 shares. The sales occurred at $293.83 per share, above the current price of $287.13 but within the 52-week range. His prior sale at ADP on 2024-09-04 posted a 90-day return of +10.0%, indicating the stock rose after that earlier sale—a poorly-timed outcome by the standard sell-timing metric. No timing patterns are identifiable from a single prior transaction, and the current filing provides a data point for future comparison against the 90-day baseline.

September 2024
Sell
4,216 shares
$1,163,616
Significance 4/10

ADP VP DeSilva Joseph sold 4,216 shares at $276.00 on 2024-09-04, reducing holdings to 18.6K shares.

DeSilva Joseph, a Corporate Vice President at Automatic Data Processing Inc, sold 4,216 shares at $276.00 on 2024-09-04 for a total value of $1,163,616.00, reducing his post-transaction holdings from 22,822 shares to 18,606 shares, a net reduction of 18.5% versus pre-transaction holdings. The sale occurred near the 52-week high of $275.91, with the stock currently trading at $269.56. ADP reported recent quarterly revenue of $5,253,800,000.00 with net income of $1,184,900,000.00, and the company has demonstrated annual revenue growth of 6.6% year-over-year, trading at a P/E of 27.20 with a market cap of $109,925,274,920.68. The transaction itself represents a discrete reduction in executive equity stake but does not materially alter the overall holding position relative to company scale.

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