Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADMGet Free Report) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.00-4.75 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.71. Archer-Daniels-Midland also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.000-4.750 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on ADM. Barclays dropped 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 report on Tuesday, January 21st. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America downgraded Archer-Daniels-Midland from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $63.00 to $54.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Citigroup increased their price target 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. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $57.00 to $52.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have assigned a hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $56.33.

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Trading Down 4.5 %

Archer-Daniels-Midland stock traded down $2.15 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $45.34. 1,810,713 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,232,594. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $51.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.69. The company has a market capitalization of $21.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.94 and a beta of 0.72. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a 52-week low of $45.22 and a 52-week high of $66.08.

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADMGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $1.14 earnings per share 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%. The company had revenue of $21.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.77 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.36 EPS. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that Archer-Daniels-Midland will post 4.72 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be issued a $0.51 dividend. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.50%. This is an increase from Archer-Daniels-Midland’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 57.14%.

Archer-Daniels-Midland announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, December 11th that permits the company to repurchase 100,000,000 shares. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

About Archer-Daniels-Midland

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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.

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