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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Competitors

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ADM vs. AGRO, BG, CTVA, MCK, MPC, INGR, DAR, FDP, LMNR, and ALCO

Should you be buying Archer Daniels Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archer Daniels Midland include Adecoagro (AGRO), Bunge Global (BG), Corteva (CTVA), McKesson (MCK), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), and Alico (ALCO).

Archer Daniels Midland vs. Its Competitors

Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) and Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Archer Daniels Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Adecoagro. Adecoagro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archer Daniels Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adecoagro$1.58B0.58$92.34M$0.6214.76
Archer Daniels Midland$85.53B0.34$1.80B$2.2726.30

Adecoagro has a net margin of 3.97% compared to Archer Daniels Midland's net margin of 1.33%. Adecoagro's return on equity of 11.60% beat Archer Daniels Midland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adecoagro3.97% 11.60% 5.15%
Archer Daniels Midland 1.33%8.43%3.55%

Adecoagro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer Daniels Midland has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

45.3% of Adecoagro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Archer Daniels Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer Daniels Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Adecoagro pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Archer Daniels Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Adecoagro pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archer Daniels Midland pays out 89.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Adecoagro has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Archer Daniels Midland has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Adecoagro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Adecoagro currently has a consensus target price of $10.07, suggesting a potential upside of 10.02%. Archer Daniels Midland has a consensus target price of $54.71, suggesting a potential downside of 8.35%. Given Adecoagro's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Adecoagro is more favorable than Archer Daniels Midland.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adecoagro
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.33
Archer Daniels Midland
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Archer Daniels Midland had 23 more articles in the media than Adecoagro. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Archer Daniels Midland and 3 mentions for Adecoagro. Adecoagro's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Archer Daniels Midland's score of 1.16 indicating that Adecoagro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adecoagro
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Archer Daniels Midland
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Adecoagro beats Archer Daniels Midland on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADM vs. The Competition

MetricArcher Daniels MidlandAGRI OPERATIONS IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.50B$2.89B$16.10B$20.94B
Dividend Yield3.44%3.59%3.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio26.3012.2119.0427.94
Price / Sales0.345.0347.2555.93
Price / Cash8.167.9314.8123.77
Price / Book1.282.945.755.26
Net Income$1.80B$122.48M$684.52M$994.11M
7 Day Performance3.34%-1.18%2.36%1.79%
1 Month Performance10.45%-8.41%-0.09%1.73%
1 Year Performance1.03%-9.86%5.93%13.35%

Archer Daniels Midland Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADM
Archer Daniels Midland
4.1742 of 5 stars
$59.70
+0.6%
$54.71
-8.4%
+1.4%$28.50B$85.53B26.3044,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
AGRO
Adecoagro
3.4575 of 5 stars
$9.14
+1.3%
$10.07
+10.2%
-20.8%$913.41M$1.52B14.7310,320Positive News
BG
Bunge Global
4.24 of 5 stars
$82.73
+2.2%
$81.60
-1.4%
-14.8%$11.12B$53.11B8.2723,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CTVA
Corteva
4.6943 of 5 stars
$70.99
-0.3%
$79.33
+11.8%
+36.0%$48.43B$16.83B43.2922,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
MCK
McKesson
4.5003 of 5 stars
$664.10
-5.6%
$710.17
+6.9%
+23.4%$83.09B$359.05B25.7145,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.8678 of 5 stars
$161.55
-0.5%
$185.29
+14.7%
-10.1%$49.63B$140.41B23.9718,300Positive News
Short Interest ↓
INGR
Ingredion
4.8228 of 5 stars
$126.25
+0.9%
$151.40
+19.9%
-3.8%$8.12B$7.32B12.3211,200Insider Trade
DAR
Darling Ingredients
4.7048 of 5 stars
$30.69
+2.8%
$45.86
+49.4%
-23.9%$4.85B$5.72B46.5015,500Positive News
FDP
Fresh Del Monte Produce
4.185 of 5 stars
$36.07
-0.2%
N/A+29.5%$1.73B$4.31B11.5639,886Insider Trade
LMNR
Limoneira
4.3191 of 5 stars
$15.52
+1.4%
$25.50
+64.3%
-26.9%$280.45M$191.50M-110.85260News Coverage
Positive News
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ALCO
Alico
0.4999 of 5 stars
$32.17
-0.2%
N/A+19.0%$245.78M$46.64M-1.75210Earnings Report

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