Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) vs Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM)

Archer Daniels Midland Company and Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. are both Farm Products companies. Archer Daniels Midland Company is the larger, with a market value of $39.2B against $3.2B — 12.1× the size. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 10.2× against 22.2×. Archer Daniels Midland Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.82% against −31.7%. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.9% vs 2.16%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.8% vs 5.47%). Both pay a dividend; Archer Daniels Midland Company yields more (3.39% vs 2.41%). Across the 23 metrics below, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. leads on 18 and Archer Daniels Midland Company on 5.

Valuation

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
P/E 22.22 10.25 21.24
P/S 0.48 1.10 0.50
P/B 1.67 1.22 1.20
Price to free cash flow 23.25 9.77 13.98
EV/EBITDA 12.14 4.83 8.14
EV/Sales 0.45 0.79 0.58
Earnings yield 4.50% 9.76% 0.56%
Free cash flow yield 4.30% 10.24% (3.01%)

Profitability

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Gross margin 6.87% 23.08% 6.87%
Operating margin 2.30% 12.03% 0.11%
Net margin 2.16% 10.88% 0.63%
Free cash flow margin 2.06% 11.29% 0.00%
Return on equity 7.69% 12.16% 1.52%
Return on assets 3.35% 10.23% 0.02%
Return on invested capital 5.47% 12.75% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.82%) (31.68%) 7.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.90%) (73.43%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.52% 16.63% 8.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.46%) 173.75% 0.00%

Health

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.00 0.24
Current ratio 1.39 7.70 1.43
Net debt to EBITDA (0.72) (1.95) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Dividend yield 3.39% 2.41% 3.06%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.33 0.17

Size

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Market cap 39.23b 3.24b 293.80m

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