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

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays decreased their target price on Archer-Daniels-Midland from $56.00 to $50.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Citigroup lifted their price target on Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $57.00 to $52.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $63.00 to $54.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Two research 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 an average price target of $56.33.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Stock Performance

ADM traded down $2.15 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $45.34. The stock had a trading volume of 1,810,713 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,232,594. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a twelve month low of $45.22 and a twelve month high of $66.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.94 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.40. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $51.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $55.69.

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

Archer-Daniels-Midland Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.51 per share. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.50%. This is a positive change from Archer-Daniels-Midland’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s dividend payout ratio is currently 57.14%.

Archer-Daniels-Midland announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, December 11th that authorizes the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

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.