DJE Kapital AG Invests $19.98 Million in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

DJE Kapital AG purchased a new stake in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 274,267 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,983,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Toth Financial Advisory Corp bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Archer Daniels Midland during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Global Trust Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland in the first quarter valued at about $29,000. Institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of ADM stock opened at $85.71 on Tuesday. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 12-month low of $52.96 and a 12-month high of $86.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $79.44 and a 200-day moving average of $72.46. The company has a market capitalization of $41.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.43 and a beta of 0.62.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $20.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.35 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a net margin of 1.34% and a return on equity of 7.37%. The firm’s revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.70 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th were given a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 20th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 93.27%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have weighed in on ADM shares. Zacks Research cut Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 9th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $75.67.

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.