Barings LLC Has $3.34 Million Holdings in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

Barings LLC cut its position in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 56.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 58,121 shares of the company’s stock after selling 73,984 shares during the period. Barings LLC’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $3,341,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd boosted its position in Archer Daniels Midland by 313.8% in the third quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 386 shares in the last quarter. Hager Investment Management Services LLC boosted its position in Archer Daniels Midland by 113.6% in the third quarter. Hager Investment Management Services LLC now owns 534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 284 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Entrust Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth approximately $35,000. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ADM has been the topic of a number of research reports. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $70.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of 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. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $74.50.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Down 2.7%

ADM opened at $79.06 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The company has a market cap of $38.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.45 and a beta of 0.60. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $75.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of $68.71. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a fifty-two week low of $48.20 and a fifty-two week high of $85.37.

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

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th were paid a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 93.27%.

Archer Daniels Midland 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.