Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the eight ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $74.50.

ADM has been the subject of several research reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Monday, April 20th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $63.00 target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Zacks Research raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. Wall Street Zen raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 9th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price 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.

Insider Buying and Selling at Archer Daniels Midland

In other Archer Daniels Midland news, SVP Gregory A. Morris sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 300,122 shares in the company, valued at $20,552,354.56. This represents a 14.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Ian R. Pinner sold 34,106 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $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. Corporate insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Dodge & Cox raised its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 130.1% during the third quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 15,068,544 shares of the company’s stock worth $900,195,000 after acquiring an additional 8,518,920 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at $402,743,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 3,379.2% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 5,761,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,525,000 after buying an additional 5,595,801 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 831.3% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,592,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $321,486,000 after buying an additional 4,991,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 176.8% in the third quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 1,967,471 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,537,000 after buying an additional 1,256,596 shares in the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Up 3.6%

ADM opened at $82.61 on Thursday. Archer Daniels Midland has a 1-year low of $46.81 and a 1-year high of $83.10. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $39.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.05 and a beta of 0.60. The business has a 50 day moving average of $74.23 and a 200-day moving average of $67.43.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $20.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.35 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 1.34%.Archer Daniels Midland’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.70 earnings per share. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.43 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 20th. 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.