Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Makes New $10.70 Million Investment in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. bought a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 140,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,704,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Kelleher Financial Advisors acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ADM has been the subject of a number of research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Morgan Stanley raised Archer Daniels Midland from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $60.00 to $79.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Archer Daniels Midland currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $79.67.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

Shares of ADM opened at $80.10 on Friday. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a one year low of $55.58 and a one year high of $88.46. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $79.89 and its 200-day moving average is $75.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $38.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.95 and a beta of 0.62.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.35. The business had revenue of $22.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.75 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 2.16% and a return on equity of 9.21%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 5.46 EPS for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be issued a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 56.99%.

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.