Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM Shares Purchased by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 4.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,806,192 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 163,749 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $276,647,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of ADM. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC purchased a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland in the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on ADM shares. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Barclays increased their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Zacks Research downgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 9th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Archer Daniels Midland has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $75.67.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

ADM stock opened at $87.44 on Thursday. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 52-week low of $52.96 and a 52-week high of $87.67. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The stock has a market cap of $42.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.21 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a fifty day moving average of $79.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $72.88.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $20.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.35 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 1.34%.The company’s revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.70 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th were issued a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 20th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 93.27%.

Archer Daniels Midland 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.