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Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) Competitors

$75.08
+1.35 (+1.83%)
(As of 12/1/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$73.72
$75.29
50-Day Range
$69.47
$77.28
52-Week Range
$69.31
$96.16
Volume
2.72 million shs
Average Volume
3.07 million shs
Market Capitalization
$40.05 billion
P/E Ratio
10.46
Dividend Yield
2.40%
Price Target
$92.90

ADM vs. HSY, KVUE, KMB, GIS, SYY, KHC, ABEV, STZ, EL, and KDP

Should you be buying Archer-Daniels-Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archer-Daniels-Midland include Hershey (HSY), Kenvue (KVUE), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), General Mills (GIS), Sysco (SYY), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Archer-Daniels-Midland vs.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $4.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hershey pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hershey has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Archer-Daniels-Midland has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years.

Hershey has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.5% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Hershey had 5 more articles in the media than Archer-Daniels-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hershey and 10 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.19 indicating that Archer-Daniels-Midland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Archer-Daniels-Midland
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 42 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HersheyOutperform Votes
602
53.94%
Underperform Votes
514
46.06%
Archer-Daniels-MidlandOutperform Votes
644
66.94%
Underperform Votes
318
33.06%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hershey$10.42B3.75$1.64B$9.2720.60
Archer-Daniels-Midland$101.85B0.39$4.34B$7.1810.46

Hershey presently has a consensus target price of $244.05, suggesting a potential upside of 27.79%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus target price of $92.90, suggesting a potential upside of 23.73%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hershey
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Archer-Daniels-Midland
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Hershey has a net margin of 17.11% compared to Hershey's net margin of 4.05%. Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity of 54.74% beat Hershey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hershey17.11% 54.74% 17.34%
Archer-Daniels-Midland 4.05%16.63%7.22%

Summary

Archer-Daniels-Midland beats Hershey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ADM vs. The Competition

MetricArcher-Daniels-MidlandFats & oils IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$40.05B$21.05B$14.79B$15.90B
Dividend Yield2.44%2.43%3.04%3.74%
P/E Ratio10.469.7219.7024.50
Price / Sales0.390.5810.347.21
Price / Cash7.436.6327.2117.38
Price / Book1.581.545.374.67
Net Income$4.34B$2.23B$674.04M$908.09M
7 Day Performance1.05%2.24%1.53%2.49%
1 Month Performance3.67%3.48%4.54%11.31%
1 Year Performance-18.13%-10.44%-6.09%2.64%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSY
Hershey
2.7591 of 5 stars
$188.99
+0.3%
$246.05
+30.2%
-17.6%$38.65B$10.42B20.3919,865Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
KVUE
Kenvue
2.2985 of 5 stars
$20.16
flat
$26.92
+33.5%
N/A$38.61B$14.95B0.0022,200
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
2.7189 of 5 stars
$121.99
-0.3%
$131.93
+8.2%
-9.2%$41.23B$20.43B23.4644,000Insider Selling
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
2.8772 of 5 stars
$63.42
-0.3%
$74.94
+18.2%
-24.9%$36.86B$20.09B15.4734,000Short Interest ↓
SYY
Sysco
2.6745 of 5 stars
$71.83
-0.1%
$83.30
+16.0%
-15.4%$36.23B$76.32B20.2372,000News Coverage
KHC
Kraft Heinz
2.9401 of 5 stars
$35.12
+0.7%
$40.50
+15.3%
-10.1%$43.08B$27.16B14.5137,000Insider Selling
Options Volume
ABEV
Ambev
2.1768 of 5 stars
$2.79
+1.1%
$3.30
+18.3%
-7.5%$43.94B$82.44B15.5047,108Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
STZ
Constellation Brands
2.5004 of 5 stars
$241.77
+1.6%
$277.38
+14.7%
-6.5%$44.41B$10.18B29.4510,700Positive News
EL
Estée Lauder Companies
2.8261 of 5 stars
$125.96
+2.6%
$178.54
+41.7%
-43.1%$45.07B$15.91B82.8762,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
2.7801 of 5 stars
$32.24
-1.0%
$37.20
+15.4%
-16.9%$45.08B$14.06B23.3628,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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