Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.000-4.750 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.670. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Archer-Daniels-Midland also updated its FY25 guidance to $4.00-4.75 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Stephens decreased their price target on Archer-Daniels-Midland from $55.00 to $52.00 in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America cut shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $63.00 to $54.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland from $51.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on 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. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have assigned a hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $56.33.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Stock Down 1.4 %

ADM stock traded down $0.66 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $46.83. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,155,365 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,353,416. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $51.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $55.69. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a twelve month low of $45.14 and a twelve month high of $66.08. 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 has a market capitalization of $22.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.40 and a beta of 0.72.

Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) last released its 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. The business had revenue of $21.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.77 billion. Archer-Daniels-Midland had a return on equity of 10.96% and a net margin of 2.07%. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s revenue was down 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.36 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Archer-Daniels-Midland will post 4.72 EPS for the current year.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share. This is a positive change from Archer-Daniels-Midland’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.36%. Archer-Daniels-Midland’s dividend payout ratio is 57.14%.

Archer-Daniels-Midland declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, December 11th that permits the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors 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.