Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Receives Average Recommendation of "Reduce" from Analysts

Key Points

• Archer Daniels Midland has an average analyst recommendation of "Reduce" from eight brokerages, with two sell ratings, five hold ratings, and one buy rating. The average 1-year price target is about $75.33.
• The company reported Q1 earnings of $0.71 per share, beating estimates by $0.05, but revenue of $20.49 billion came in below expectations. ADM also guided FY2026 EPS to 4.15–4.70.
• ADM recently paid a quarterly dividend of $0.52 per share, equal to an annualized yield of 2.5%. Shares were trading around $82.89, near the upper end of their 52-week range.

Shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM - Get Free Report) have earned an average recommendation of "Reduce" from the eight brokerages that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $75.3333.

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on ADM shares. Wall Street Zen raised Archer Daniels Midland from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, May 9th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 6th.

Institutional Trading of Archer Daniels Midland

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the first quarter worth $29,000. OP Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the first quarter valued at about $30,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Sankala Group LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NYSE:ADM opened at $82.89 on Friday. Archer Daniels Midland has a 52-week low of $52.23 and a 52-week high of $85.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.31. The company has a market capitalization of $39.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.17 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $79.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.07.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.05. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 1.34%.The firm had revenue of $20.49 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.35 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.70 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th were given a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. Archer Daniels Midland's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 93.27%.

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.

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