ADM vs. BG, INGR, DAR, FDP, LMNR, ALCO, COOT, MDLZ, BTI, and CL
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), Mondelez International (MDLZ), British American Tobacco (BTI), and Colgate-Palmolive (CL).
Archer-Daniels-Midland vs.
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) and Bunge Global (NYSE:BG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Archer-Daniels-Midland had 7 more articles in the media than Bunge Global. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland and 18 mentions for Bunge Global. Bunge Global's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 1.08 indicating that Bunge Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bunge Global has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Bunge Global pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bunge Global pays out 33.7% 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 raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 2.10%. Bunge Global's return on equity of 11.73% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.
Archer-Daniels-Midland currently has a consensus target price of $53.63, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Bunge Global has a consensus target price of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.65%. 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 143 more outperform votes than Bunge Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Bunge Global an outperform vote.
78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bunge Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bunge Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Archer-Daniels-Midland and Bunge Global tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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