446,474 Shares in Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM Acquired by Ninety One UK Ltd

Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new position in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 446,474 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $35,441,000. Ninety One UK Ltd owned 0.09% of Archer Daniels Midland at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Triumph Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 62.2% in the third quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 313 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 0.8% in the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 20,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,501,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the period. Midwest Trust Co increased its stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland by 4.3% in the first quarter. Midwest Trust Co now owns 4,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,000 after buying an additional 167 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its holdings in Archer Daniels Midland by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 16,622 shares of the company’s stock valued at $956,000 after buying an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KCM Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Archer Daniels Midland by 3.4% during the 1st quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $413,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Down 0.8%

NYSE ADM opened at $82.98 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $39.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.64. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a fifty-two week low of $55.58 and a fifty-two week high of $88.75. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $82.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $79.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.39.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.35. The firm had revenue of $22.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.75 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 9.21% and a net margin of 2.16%. The business’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 earnings per share. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.150-5.600 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 5.50 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 19th were issued a $0.52 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 19th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. Archer Daniels Midland’s payout ratio is 56.99%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on ADM shares. Zacks Research cut shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $75.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 10th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Archer Daniels Midland from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $60.00 to $79.00 in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $79.83.

Archer Daniels Midland Profile

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) is a global agricultural origination and processing company that converts crops and other plant-based materials into food, feed, fuel and industrial ingredients. The company sources, transports, stores and processes commodities such as corn, soybeans, wheat and oilseeds through an extensive network of elevators, processing facilities and transportation assets.

ADM’s businesses include agricultural services and oilseeds, carbohydrate solutions, and nutrition.