Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) Price Target Raised to $65.00

Key Points

• JPMorgan raised its price target on ADM to $65 from $61 but maintained an underweight rating, implying roughly an 8.7% downside; the analyst consensus on MarketBeat is a "Reduce" with an average target of $58.57.
• ADM shares climbed 4.7% to $71.20 after the quarter in which the company beat EPS expectations ($0.87 vs. $0.80) but missed revenue (down 13.7% YoY); management set FY2026 guidance of 3.600–4.250 EPS versus an analyst average of 4.31.
• Insiders sold 109,106 shares worth about $7.54 million in the last quarter (notably SVPs Jennifer Weber and Ian Pinner), while institutional investors own roughly 78% of the stock.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM - Get Free Report) had its target price raised by investment analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $61.00 to $65.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an "underweight" rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s price target would indicate a potential downside of 8.70% from the company's current price.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Morgan Stanley downgraded Archer Daniels Midland from an "equal weight" rating to an "underweight" rating and cut their price objective for the company from $57.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $61.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Zacks Research upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and an average target price of $58.57.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Up 4.7%

ADM stock traded up $3.21 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $71.20. The company's stock had a trading volume of 672,724 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,036,180. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $67.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $62.84. Archer Daniels Midland has a 12 month low of $40.98 and a 12 month high of $73.72. The company has a market capitalization of $34.26 billion, a PE ratio of 32.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $18.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.03 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 1.34% and a return on equity of 7.39%. Archer Daniels Midland's revenue for the quarter was down 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.14 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-4.250 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Archer Daniels Midland will post 4.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Archer Daniels Midland

In other Archer Daniels Midland news, SVP Jennifer L. Weber sold 25,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.04, for a total value of $1,676,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 123,668 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,290,702.72. This trade represents a 16.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Ian R. Pinner sold 34,106 shares of Archer Daniels Midland stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $71.53, for a total value of $2,439,602.18. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 90,676 shares in the company, valued at $6,486,054.28. The trade was a 27.33% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 109,106 shares of company stock worth $7,539,602. Insiders own 1.20% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC bought a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Trust Co. of Vermont grew its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 367.0% during the third quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 509 shares of the company's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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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