Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.000-4.750 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.670. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Stock Down 3.7 %

NYSE:ADM traded down $1.87 on Tuesday, hitting $48.15. 2,640,968 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,102,113. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The company has a market cap of $23.04 billion, a PE ratio of 13.86 and a beta of 0.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $51.36 and a 200-day moving average price of $55.81. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a 1 year low of $47.46 and a 1 year high of $66.08.

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.07. Archer-Daniels-Midland had a net margin of 2.07% and a return on equity of 10.96%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.36 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Archer-Daniels-Midland will post 4.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a $0.51 dividend. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.24%. This is a boost from Archer-Daniels-Midland’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s payout ratio is presently 57.14%.

Archer-Daniels-Midland announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, December 11th that authorizes the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on ADM shares. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on Archer-Daniels-Midland from $55.00 to $51.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Stephens dropped their target price on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $55.00 to $52.00 in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $56.00 to $50.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Bank of America downgraded Archer-Daniels-Midland from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $63.00 to $54.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have given a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $56.56.

About Archer-Daniels-Midland

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company engages in the procurement, transportation, storage, processing, and merchandising of agricultural commodities, ingredients, flavors, and solutions in the United States, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition.