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

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Archer-Daniels Midland Company (ADM) pushed the Food & Beverage industry higher today making it today's featured food & beverage winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Archer-Daniels Midland Company rose 99 cents (3.4%) to $30.37 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 8.2 million shares of Archer-Daniels Midland Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $29.27-$30.45 after having opened the day at $29.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.38. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that increased today were: Tianli Agritech (OINK), up 5.7%, SodaStream International (SODA), up 5.5%, John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), up 3.7%, and Bridgford Foods Corporation (BRID), up 3.5%.

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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company manufactures and sells protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients. Archer-Daniels Midland Company has a market cap of $18.73 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Archer-Daniels Midland Company a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Archer-Daniels Midland Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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