Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Receives $79.67 Consensus PT from Analysts

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation, one has assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $79.6667.

Several research firms have issued reports on ADM. Weiss Ratings upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Barclays raised their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Zacks Research raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 59,180,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,402,265,000 after acquiring an additional 536,265 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the second quarter worth approximately $3,409,089,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Archer Daniels Midland by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,829,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,082,487,000 after purchasing an additional 449,815 shares during the last quarter. Dodge & Cox lifted its holdings in Archer Daniels Midland by 13.4% during the 4th quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 17,084,645 shares of the company’s stock worth $982,196,000 after purchasing an additional 2,016,101 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,628,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $723,175,000 after purchasing an additional 109,556 shares during the period. 78.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Performance

Shares of ADM opened at $80.44 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $38.77 billion, a PE ratio of 22.04 and a beta of 0.62. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $79.78 and a 200-day moving average of $74.84. Archer Daniels Midland has a one year low of $55.58 and a one year high of $88.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 0.86.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.35. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 2.16% and a return on equity of 9.21%. The company had revenue of $22.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland will post 5.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

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

About Archer Daniels Midland

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.