Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM Shares Acquired by SG Americas Securities LLC

SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 26.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 70,613 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 14,829 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $4,060,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Tiemann Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 4.5% during the third quarter. Tiemann Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,085 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 12,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $758,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC now owns 12,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $770,000 after purchasing an additional 198 shares during the period. Caldwell Trust Co grew its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 44.7% during the 3rd quarter. Caldwell Trust Co now owns 647 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in Archer Daniels Midland by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 69,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,140,000 after buying an additional 212 shares during the last quarter. 78.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on ADM. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $63.00 price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. Zacks Research raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Archer Daniels Midland from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $57.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a research report on Monday, December 15th. One 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $59.86.

Archer Daniels Midland Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ADM opened at $73.86 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $63.40. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 1-year low of $40.98 and a 1-year high of $74.19. 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 company has a market cap of $35.59 billion, a PE ratio of 33.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 0.65.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 company had revenue of $18.56 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.03 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.14 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland’s revenue was down 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-4.250 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.31 EPS for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 17th were paid a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. This is a positive change 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 presently 93.69%.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Gregory A. Morris sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.48, for a total value of $3,424,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 300,122 shares in the company, valued at $20,552,354.56. This trade represents a 14.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director David R. Mcatee II acquired 7,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 5th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $64.90 per share, for a total transaction of $486,750.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 7,500 shares in the company, valued at $486,750. This represents a ∞ increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 109,106 shares of company stock valued at $7,539,602. Company insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Company 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.