For the quarter ended June 2025, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) reported revenue of $21.17 billion, down 4.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.93, compared to $1.03 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $21.11 billion, representing a surprise of +0.28%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +5.68%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.88.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how ADM performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Processed volumes - Oilseeds: 9,051.00 Kmt versus the two-analyst average estimate of 8,872.00 Kmt.
- Revenues- Carbohydrate Solutions: $2.79 billion versus $2.87 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.5% change.
- Revenues- Ag Services and Oilseeds: $16.27 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $16.17 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.1%.
- Revenues- Other Business: $112 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $114.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.9%.
- Revenues- Nutrition: $1.99 billion compared to the $1.92 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.5% year over year.
- Segment Operating Profit- Carbohydrate Solutions- Total: $337 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $301.2 million.
- Segment Operating Profit- Nutrition- Total: $114 million compared to the $126.02 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Operating Profit- Nutrition- Animal Nutrition: $22 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $19.68 million.
- Segment Operating Profit- Ag Services and Oilseeds- Total: $379 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $486.41 million.
- Segment Operating Profit- Ag Services and Oilseeds- Ag Services: $113 million compared to the $191.1 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Operating Profit- Ag Services and Oilseeds- Crushing: $33 million compared to the $126.82 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Segment Operating Profit- Other Business: $94 million compared to the $84 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of ADM have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.Only $1 to See All Zacks' Buys and Sells
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