Skylands Capital LLC Sells 11,175 Shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company $ADM

Skylands Capital LLC decreased its position in Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) by 42.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 15,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,175 shares during the period. Skylands Capital LLC’s holdings in Archer Daniels Midland were worth $1,090,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of ADM. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Archer Daniels Midland in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Nalls Sherbakoff Group LLC bought a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, OP Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in Archer Daniels Midland during the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Institutional investors own 78.28% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on ADM shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Archer Daniels Midland in a report on Monday, April 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Archer Daniels Midland from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 9th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Archer Daniels Midland from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Barclays raised their price objective on Archer Daniels Midland from $77.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on Archer Daniels Midland from $65.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $75.33.

Archer Daniels Midland Trading Up 0.3%

NYSE ADM opened at $76.78 on Friday. Archer Daniels Midland Company has a 1 year low of $51.34 and a 1 year high of $85.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The company has a market capitalization of $37.01 billion, a PE ratio of 34.43 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a fifty day moving average of $77.17 and a 200 day moving average of $69.94.

Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $20.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.35 billion. Archer Daniels Midland had a return on equity of 7.37% and a net margin of 1.34%.The company’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.70 EPS. Archer Daniels Midland has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.150-4.70 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Archer Daniels Midland Company will post 4.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Archer Daniels Midland Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 20th were given a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 20th. Archer Daniels Midland’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 93.27%.

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.