Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation, one has issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $74.50.

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $63.00 price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. UBS Group lifted their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $70.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

NYSE:ADM opened at $79.61 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $38.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.70 and a beta of 0.59. Archer Daniels Midland has a 52-week low of $46.81 and a 52-week high of $83.10. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $73.61 and a 200 day moving average of $66.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.31.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.05. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 1.34%.The firm had revenue of $20.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.35 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.70 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%. Archer Daniels Midland’s payout ratio is 93.27%.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Ian R. Pinner sold 34,106 shares of Archer Daniels Midland stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.53, for a total value of $2,439,602.18. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 90,676 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,486,054.28. The trade was a 27.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Gregory A. Morris sold 50,000 shares of Archer Daniels Midland stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.48, for a total value of $3,424,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 300,122 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,552,354.56. This represents a 14.28% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of ADM. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the first quarter worth about $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Company Profile

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is a global agricultural processor and food-ingredient provider that sources, transports and processes oilseeds, corn, wheat and other agricultural commodities. The company operates large-scale crushing, refining and processing facilities that produce vegetable oils, protein meals, corn sweeteners, starches, ethanol, animal feeds and a wide range of food and industrial ingredients. ADM also develops specialty ingredients and solutions for human and animal nutrition, food and beverage formulation, and industrial applications such as bio-based materials and renewable fuels.

ADM’s business combines commodity origination and merchandising with downstream manufacturing and ingredient formulation.