Nykredit A S Takes $8.02 Million Position in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

Nykredit A S acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 105,012 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,023,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its position in Archer Daniels Midland by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 23,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp increased its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 3,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $180,000 after acquiring an additional 153 shares during the period. Summit Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 16,947 shares of the company’s stock valued at $974,000 after acquiring an additional 153 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Archer Daniels Midland by 0.8% in the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 20,648 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,501,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the period. Finally, Midwest Trust Co grew its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 4.3% during the 1st quarter. Midwest Trust Co now owns 4,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Up 0.3%

Archer Daniels Midland stock opened at $84.66 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $40.80 billion, a PE ratio of 23.19, a P/E/G ratio of 2.58 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $80.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $76.31. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 1-year low of $55.58 and a 1-year high of $88.46.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.35. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 9.21% and a net margin of 2.16%.The business had revenue of $22.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 5.46 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio is currently 56.99%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have weighed in on ADM. Weiss Ratings upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Zacks Research raised Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $60.00 to $79.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Archer Daniels Midland has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $79.67.

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.