ADM vs. BG, INGR, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, COOT, MO, BUD, and BTI
Should you be buying Archer-Daniels-Midland stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archer-Daniels-Midland include Bunge Global (BG), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Limoneira (LMNR), Alico (ALCO), Australian Oilseeds (COOT), Altria Group (MO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), and British American Tobacco (BTI).
Archer-Daniels-Midland vs.
Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) and Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Bunge Global has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bunge Global has a net margin of 2.11% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.07%. Bunge Global's return on equity of 13.71% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.
86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 1 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 16 mentions for Bunge Global. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.53 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Bunge Global. Bunge Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archer-Daniels-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bunge Global presently has a consensus target price of $118.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.37%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus target price of $59.08, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Bunge Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bunge Global is more favorable than Archer-Daniels-Midland.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 144 more outperform votes than Bunge Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote.
Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Bunge Global pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Archer-Daniels-Midland has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Bunge Global and Archer-Daniels-Midland tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ADM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
