ADM
Archer Daniels Midland
Consumer Staples · Agricultural Products & Services · US
$80.92
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$38.3B
Total market value of the company
35.52
Expensive — high growth expected
15.33
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+1.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
1.3%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
4.8%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$74.10
-8% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 10 analysts covering this stock
About Archer Daniels Midland

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company provides human and animal nutrition ingredients 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. The company engages in the origination, merchandising, transportation, and storage of agricultural raw materials, as well as the crushing and processing of oilseeds, including soybeans and soft seeds, such as cottonseed, sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, and flaxseed; produces and markets vegetable oils and oilseed protein meals used by food, feed, energy, and industrial customers; sale of crude and partially refined vegetable oils; supplies peanuts and peanut-derived ingredients; and manufactures cotton cellulose pulp. It is also involved in the grain sourcing, handling, and multimodal transportation network supporting import, export, and distribution activities; structured trade finance activities; corn and wheat wet and dry milling and related processing activities; production of distillers' grains, corn gluten feed, and corn gluten meal for use as animal feed ingredients; and carbon capture and sequestration and other emissions-reduction initiatives. In addition, the company engages in the creation, manufacturing, sale, and distribution of an array of ingredients and solutions comprising plant-based proteins, flavors and colors derived from nature, flavor systems, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, enzymes, botanical extracts, and other specialty food and feed ingredients and systems. Further, it is involved in the derivatives and commodity exchanges and clearing houses; and insurance coverage for certain property, casualty, marine, medical, and other miscellaneous risks. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

https://www.adm.com

Country: United States Employees: 40,798 Industry: Farm Products
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
18.6% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
10.6% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
8.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.1% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$62.29
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-29.9%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
90.4th
Ranks in the top 10% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
86.4
Valuation Score
55.0
Quality Score
38.3
Combined
64.3

Trading at $80, 28% above fair value of $62. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 52% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.732
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0567
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
0.503
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
17.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-34.5%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
9
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.58
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$83.10
3% below the year high
52W Low
$46.81
73% above the year low
Avg Volume
3,922,843
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.5%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
2.6%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$2.24
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.46
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.31
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.27
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
6.3%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
1.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.6B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$80.6B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
10
Target High
$90.00
Target Median
$74.10
Target Low
$58.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-03-13 CUDDY CHRISTOPHER M Officer 35,000 $2,572,500
2026-03-13 PINNER IAN R Officer 34,106 $2,439,602
2026-03-10 MORRIS GREGORY A Officer 50,000 $3,424,000
2026-02-17 WEBER JENNIFER L Officer 25,000 $1,675,900
2026-02-12 MORRIS GREGORY A Officer 18,993
2026-02-12 LUCIANO JUAN R Chief Executive Officer 106,475
2026-02-12 WEBER JENNIFER L Officer 13,094
2026-02-12 CUDDY CHRISTOPHER M Officer 23,022
2026-02-12 NICHOL CARRIE ANN Officer 7,569
2026-02-12 JONES REGINA BYNOTE Officer 16,116
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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