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 $33.5B against $1.3B — 25.6× the size. Archer Daniels Midland Company trades at the lower P/E: 13.7× against 27.7×. Adecoagro S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.22% against 1.02%. Adecoagro S.A. has the higher net margin (3.00% vs 2.95%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.50% vs 6.96%). Only Archer Daniels Midland Company pays a dividend (2.94%). Across the 23 metrics below, Adecoagro S.A. leads on 12 and Archer Daniels Midland Company on 11.

Valuation

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
P/E 13.72 27.67 22.24
P/S 0.41 0.81 0.51
P/B 1.43 0.71 1.17
Price to free cash flow 98.58 22.14 17.61
EV/EBITDA 8.86 5.71 8.81
EV/Sales 0.38 1.83 0.66
Earnings yield 7.29% 3.61% (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield 1.01% 4.52% (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Gross margin 7.44% 30.06% 7.38%
Operating margin 2.89% 12.09% 0.00%
Net margin 2.95% 3.00% 0.32%
Free cash flow margin 0.41% 3.64% 0.00%
Return on equity 10.71% 3.01% 2.22%
Return on assets 4.63% 1.16% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.96% 3.50% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.02% 6.22% 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.90%) (108.93%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.52% 11.79% 6.29%
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 0.37
Current ratio 1.45 1.73 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (0.72) 3.06 (0.02)

Dividend

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Dividend yield 2.94% 0.00% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.40 0.00 0.55

Size

Metric ADM AGRO Farm Products median
Market cap 33.54b 1.31b 327.72m

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