Archer Daniels Midland Company Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.52 (NYSE:ADM)

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of 0.52 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 20th.

Archer Daniels Midland has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 53 years. Archer Daniels Midland has a payout ratio of 45.5% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Archer Daniels Midland to earn $4.75 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.08 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 43.8%.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Performance

NYSE:ADM traded down $0.08 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $77.94. 425,913 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,926,685. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $70.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $64.99. Archer Daniels Midland has a 12 month low of $46.81 and a 12 month high of $81.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.03 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a current ratio of 5.81, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last announced its earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $20.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.70 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.