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 $33.5B against $3.1B — 10.9× the size. Archer Daniels Midland Company trades at the lower P/E: 13.7× against 55.2×. Archer Daniels Midland Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.02% against −42.5%. Archer Daniels Midland Company has the higher net margin (2.95% vs 2.32%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.96% vs 0.65%). Both pay a dividend; Archer Daniels Midland Company yields more (2.94% vs 1.64%). Across the 22 metrics below, Archer Daniels Midland Company leads on 15 and Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
P/E 13.72 55.18 22.24
P/S 0.41 1.21 0.51
P/B 1.43 1.19 1.17
Price to free cash flow 98.58 n/m 17.61
EV/EBITDA 8.86 15.64 8.81
EV/Sales 0.38 0.91 0.66
Earnings yield 7.29% 1.81% (5.11%)
Free cash flow yield 1.01% (1.06%) (4.07%)

Profitability

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Gross margin 7.44% 14.28% 7.38%
Operating margin 2.89% 0.74% 0.00%
Net margin 2.95% 2.32% 0.32%
Free cash flow margin 0.41% (1.28%) 0.00%
Return on equity 10.71% 2.22% 2.22%
Return on assets 4.63% 1.89% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.96% 0.65% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.02% (42.51%) 2.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (38.90%) (73.43%) (40.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.52% 16.63% 6.29%
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 0.37
Current ratio 1.45 7.70 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (0.72) (1.95) (0.02)

Dividend

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Dividend yield 2.94% 1.64% 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.40 0.92 0.55

Size

Metric ADM CALM Farm Products median
Market cap 33.54b 3.07b 327.72m

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