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

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eight research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $75.3333.

ADM has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley upped 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 9th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Down 0.1%

ADM opened at $75.06 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $36.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.66 and a beta of 0.60. Archer Daniels Midland has a 52 week low of $51.34 and a 52 week high of $85.37. The business’s 50 day moving average is $76.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $69.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28.

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

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th were issued a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio is currently 93.27%.

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.