Companies
Archer Daniels Midland
S&P 500Consumer Staples· USA

ADM

Balancer

Archer Daniels Midland

BAL

$69.82

+0.11%

Open $70.54·Prev $69.74

as of 13 Apr

BALANCER

Power Core

ADM's moat is its integrated global origination, processing, and transportation network that converts geographic scale into logistical optionality across commodity cycles.

Published1 Apr 2026
UniverseS&P 500
SectorConsumer Staples

Direction of Movement

Lateral Drift With Downward Bias on Multiple Fronts

ROC 200

+36.3%

Referenced in 122 other analyses

Company Profile

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It operates over 270 plants and 420 crop procurement facilities worldwide, processing cereal grains and oilseeds into products for food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial, and animal feed markets. The company provides agricultural storage and transportation services through subsidiaries like American River Transportation Company and ADM Trucking. Its business segments include oilseeds processing for vegetable oils and protein meals, corn processing for sweeteners, starches, and bioproducts, agricultural services for merchandising commodities, and investor services as a futures commission merchant. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company leads in human, pet, and animal nutrition, regenerative agriculture, and sustainability efforts, such as carbon sequestration and emission reductions. Ranked No. 35 on the 2023 Fortune 500, it connects farmers to global markets, powering industries from biofuels to pet treats while innovating in plant-based solutions.

Sector

Consumer Defensive

Industry

Farm Products

Employees

40,798

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