Archer-Daniels Midland Company (ADM): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Laggard

Archer-Daniels Midland Company (ADM) pushed the Food & Beverage industry lower today making it today's featured Food & Beverage laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Archer-Daniels Midland Company fell 53 cents (-2%) to $25.94 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.7 million shares of Archer-Daniels Midland Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $25.76-$26.44 after having opened the day at $26.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.47. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that declined today were: Monster Beverage (MNST), down 11.3%, Crumbs Bake Shop (CRMB), down 7.4%, Lifeway Foods (LWAY), down 6.8%, and Synutra International (SYUT), down 5.6%.

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities and products in the United States and internationally. Archer-Daniels Midland Company has a market cap of $17.44 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.8, below the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio of 14.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 7.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Archer-Daniels Midland Company a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Archer-Daniels Midland Company as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow.

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