Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $79.67

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $79.67.

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on ADM shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 26th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th.

Institutional Trading of Archer Daniels Midland

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Kelleher Financial Advisors bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the second quarter worth $25,000. Orion Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 1st quarter worth approximately $29,000. OP Asset Management Ltd acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Archer Investment Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the 2nd quarter worth about $35,000. Institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

Shares of ADM stock opened at $80.47 on Wednesday. Archer Daniels Midland has a 12 month low of $55.58 and a 12 month high of $88.75. The company has a market capitalization of $38.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $81.87 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.39. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $22.75 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. Archer Daniels Midland’s revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Archer Daniels Midland will post 5.46 EPS for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th were given a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 19th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio is currently 56.99%.

About Archer Daniels Midland

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) is a global agricultural origination and processing company that converts crops and other plant-based materials into food, feed, fuel and industrial ingredients. The company sources, transports, stores and processes commodities such as corn, soybeans, wheat and oilseeds through an extensive network of elevators, processing facilities and transportation assets.

ADM’s businesses include agricultural services and oilseeds, carbohydrate solutions, and nutrition.