Small Cap Stock Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) Is A Buy – Analysts

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) has a beta value of 0.77 and has seen 1.32 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $29.32B, closed the recent trade at $58.44 per share which meant it lost -$2.25 on the day or -3.70% during that session. The ADM stock price is -49.38% off its 52-week high price of $87.30 and 13.21% above the 52-week low of $50.72. The 3-month trading volume is 5.08 million shares.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) trade information

Sporting -3.70% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the ADM stock price touched $58.44 or saw a rise of 5.67%. Year-to-date, Archer Daniels Midland Co. shares have moved -19.08%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -5.42%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) have changed -6.27%.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Archer Daniels Midland Co. shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -16.56% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -21.49%, compared to 28.30% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, lowered its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are -34.90% and -26.50% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -3.10%.

10 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $22.27 billion for the current quarter. 10 have an estimated revenue figure of $23.53 billion for the next quarter concluding in Jun 2024. Year-ago sales stood $24.07 billion and $25.19 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -7.50% for the current quarter and -6.60% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 15.02% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -20.23% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -1.40%.

ADM Dividends

Archer Daniels Midland Co. is expected to release its next earnings report in May this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.85 at a share yield of 3.17%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.