Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Receives $75.33 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) have been given a consensus rating of “Reduce” by the eight brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $75.3333.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on ADM shares. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays boosted their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 6th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Archer Daniels Midland

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the 1st quarter worth approximately $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

NYSE:ADM opened at $85.86 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $41.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.50 and a beta of 0.62. Archer Daniels Midland has a one year low of $52.96 and a one year high of $86.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $79.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $72.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.80.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.35 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.70 EPS. The business’s revenue 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. Analysts anticipate that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th were paid a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. Archer Daniels Midland’s 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.