Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) SVP Sells $2,439,602.18 in Stock

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) SVP Ian Pinner sold 34,106 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.53, for a total value of $2,439,602.18. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 90,676 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,486,054.28. This represents a 27.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of Archer Daniels Midland stock traded up $1.39 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $72.14. 3,915,492 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,846,006. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $67.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $62.59. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 1-year low of $40.98 and a 1-year high of $73.72.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.07. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 1.34% and a return on equity of 7.39%. The business had revenue of $18.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.03 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.14 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland’s revenue for the quarter was down 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-4.250 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archer Daniels Midland Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 17th were issued a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. This is a boost from Archer Daniels Midland’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 17th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 93.69%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on ADM. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Barclays boosted their target price on Archer Daniels Midland from $61.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a report on Monday, December 15th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $63.00 price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $58.00.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Archer Daniels Midland

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC acquired a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Trust Co. of Vermont grew its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 367.0% in the third quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Archer Daniels Midland

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.