Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) vs Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO)

Archer Daniels Midland Company and Adecoagro S.A. are both Farm Products companies. Archer Daniels Midland Company is the larger, with a market value of $39.2B against $1.5B — 25.6× the size. Archer Daniels Midland Company trades at the lower P/E: 22.2× against 31.6×. Adecoagro S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.22% against −0.82%. Adecoagro S.A. has the higher net margin (3.00% vs 2.16%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.50% vs 5.47%). Both pay a dividend; Adecoagro S.A. yields more (7.49% vs 3.39%). Across the 23 metrics below, Archer Daniels Midland Company leads on 12 and Adecoagro S.A. on 11.

Valuation

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
P/E 22.22 31.61 21.24
P/S 0.48 0.92 0.50
P/B 1.67 0.81 1.20
Price to free cash flow 23.25 25.29 13.98
EV/EBITDA 12.14 6.07 8.14
EV/Sales 0.45 1.94 0.58
Earnings yield 4.50% 3.16% 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 4.30% 3.95% (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Gross margin 6.87% 30.06% 6.87%
Operating margin 2.30% 12.09% 0.11%
Net margin 2.16% 3.00% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 2.06% 3.64% 0.00%
Return on equity 7.69% 3.01% 1.52%
Return on assets 3.35% 1.16% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 5.47% 3.50% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.82%) 6.22% 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.90%) (108.93%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.52% 11.79% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.46%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.32 1.07 0.24
Current ratio 1.39 1.73 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA (0.72) 3.06 (0.04)

Dividend

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Dividend yield 3.39% 7.49% 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.37 0.17

Size

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Market cap 39.23b 1.53b 293.80m

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