Archer-Daniels Midland Company (ADM): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Winner
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Archer-Daniels Midland Company
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) pushed the Food & Beverage industry higher today making it today's featured food & beverage winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Archer-Daniels Midland Company rose 79 cents (3.1%) to $26.34 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 7.9 million shares of Archer-Daniels Midland Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $25.72-$26.37 after having opened the day at $25.79 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.55. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that increased today were:
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), up 7.3%,
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), up 6.1%, and
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), up 4.2%.
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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company engages in the manufacture and sale of 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 $16.44 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Archer-Daniels Midland Company a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Archer-Daniels Midland Company as a
. 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. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Archer-Daniels Midland Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 6.1%,
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), down 4.5%, and
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), down 4%, were all laggards within the food & beverage industry with
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) being today's food & beverage industry laggard.
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