Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM Shares Sold by Janus Henderson Group PLC

Janus Henderson Group PLC lowered its stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 15.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 140,091 shares of the company’s stock after selling 25,684 shares during the quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $10,181,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Archer Daniels Midland by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 59,180,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,402,265,000 after acquiring an additional 536,265 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in Archer Daniels Midland by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,829,140 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,082,487,000 after acquiring an additional 449,815 shares in the last quarter. Dodge & Cox raised its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 13.4% during the fourth quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 17,084,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $982,196,000 after purchasing an additional 2,016,101 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,628,065 shares of the company’s stock worth $723,175,000 after purchasing an additional 109,556 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 11,431,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $657,209,000 after purchasing an additional 612,974 shares in the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on ADM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 15th. Barclays raised their target price on Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Archer Daniels Midland from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research note on Friday, July 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $75.67.

Key Headlines Impacting Archer Daniels Midland

Here are the key news stories impacting Archer Daniels Midland this week:

• Positive Sentiment: ADM reported adjusted EPS of $1.84, well above the approximately $1.42-$1.44 analyst consensus and nearly double the $0.93 reported a year earlier. Net earnings were $908 million, or adjusted net earnings of $895 million. Archer Daniels Midland Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to approximately $5.15-$5.60, up from its prior $4.15-$4.70 range and above the roughly $4.63 analyst consensus. This was ADM’s second outlook increase for the year. ADM Raises Annual Profit Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Management cited strong oilseed crushing margins, improved soybean-processing prospects, stronger ethanol results and robust biofuels demand. New U.S. biofuels policy is increasing confidence that biofuels can become a more important earnings driver. Biofuels Boom Powers Another ADM Outlook Raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Revenue increased 7.2% year over year to $22.68 billion, but was slightly below the $22.75 billion consensus estimate. The earnings beat and higher-margin mix appear more important to investors than the modest sales shortfall. ADM Earnings Report and Conference Call

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Up 2.2%

Shares of NYSE:ADM opened at $79.76 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $38.44 billion, a PE ratio of 35.77 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $80.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.19. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 12-month low of $54.55 and a 12-month high of $88.46.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.35. The firm had revenue of $22.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.75 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 1.34% and a return on equity of 7.37%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.