Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Has $5.66 Million Stock Position in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. lifted its stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 9.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 98,481 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,886 shares during the quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $5,662,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of ADM. Dodge & Cox boosted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 130.1% in the 3rd quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 15,068,544 shares of the company’s stock valued at $900,195,000 after purchasing an additional 8,518,920 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at $402,743,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 3,379.2% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 5,761,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,525,000 after purchasing an additional 5,595,801 shares during the period. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 176.8% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 1,967,471 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,537,000 after purchasing an additional 1,256,596 shares during the period. Finally, Munich Reinsurance Co Stock Corp in Munich acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 3rd quarter valued at $61,290,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on ADM shares. UBS Group raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $70.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Monday, April 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Archer Daniels Midland currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $74.50.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of NYSE ADM opened at $81.18 on Monday. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a one year low of $47.25 and a one year high of $85.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.13 billion, a PE ratio of 36.40 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $75.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $68.11.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $20.49 billion during 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 transaction of $3,424,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 300,122 shares in the company, valued at $20,552,354.56. The trade was a 14.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Ian R. Pinner sold 34,106 shares of Archer Daniels Midland stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.53, for a total value of $2,439,602.18. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 90,676 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,486,054.28. This represents a 27.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.