With 4.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.63 million shares. The 52-week range on ADM shows that it touched its highest point at $66.08 and its lowest point at $40.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $49.00. With its current market cap of 24.35 billion, ADM has annualized dividend of $2.01 while the current yield stands at 3.97%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.67.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ADM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.90%, but this was up by 10.58% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.15% while six-month performance fell -3.43%. The stock lost -18.82% in the past year, while it has gained 0.34% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ADM yields 2.81 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.57. For the next quarter, that number is 0.84. This implies an EPS growth rate of -15.78% for this year and 14.35% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 0.27% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.39%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 480.00 million ADM shares are outstanding with a float of 477.12 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ADM since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.85744 being high and $4.51622 being low. For ADM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.73701.
