Archer Daniels Midland Company
ADM Consumer Defensive Farm Products
Archer Daniels Midland Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $80.3 billion, down 6.15% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.16%, EPS grew 315.6%, free cash flow fell 77.5% and total debt fell 9.17%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Return on assets
Archer Daniels Midland Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.35%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.04%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.04% (fiscal 2025) to 7.49% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Farm Products industry median of 0.02% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.08%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2.04% | (1.30) |
| FY2024 | 3.34% | (2.75) |
| FY2023 | 6.09% | (1.40) |
| FY2022 | 7.49% | 2.37 |
| FY2021 | 5.12% | 1.34 |
| FY2020 | 3.78% | 0.53 |
| FY2019 | 3.25% | (1.23) |
| FY2018 | 4.48% | 0.48 |
| FY2017 | 4.00% | 0.80 |
| FY2016 | 3.20% | (1.19) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| IBA Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. compare | 3.78% |
| ADM Archer Daniels Midland Company | 3.35% |
| BG Bunge Global SA compare | 2.58% |
| CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. compare | 1.89% |
| TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. compare | 1.59% |
| DOLE Dole PLC compare | 1.30% |
| AGRO Adecoagro S.A. compare | 1.16% |
| DMC Del Monte Corporation compare | 1.04% |
| VITL Vital Farms, Inc. compare | 0.03% |
| Farm Products industry median | 0.02% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.08% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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