Thomas Barwick Overview As a dividend investor, I am always on the lookout for a good deal to add to my annual dividend income total. I prefer to find companies that have a history of increasing their dividends year over year on a consistent basis. Potential candidates are companies that also have the potential to continue increasing their dividend payouts through higher levels of free cash flow. Lastly, I look for opportunities that trade at attractive valuation metrics and have good upside potential. ...

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) . Shares have added about 2.8% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is ADM due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers. Archer Daniels’ Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, ...

Stocks outperform all other assets over time. Not gold, bonds, oil, U.S. Treasuries or real estate surpass the wealth-generating abilities of stocks over the last 100 years. If you want to get rich, buying stocks is the way to go.But which stocks to buy? The asset managers at Hartford Funds looked at the performance of the benchmark S&P 500 going all the way back to 1930. They found that no matter what time frame they looked at, dividend stocks never had a losing decade. Even during the so-called “lost deca ...

Fundamentally, the case for dividend kings to buy couldn’t be simpler: investors are banking on the proven stability of the underlying enterprises. Since qualifying for the dividend king title involves providing rising annual payouts for at least 50 consecutive years, you can bet that these companies benefit from reliable businesses.Obviously, this reliability offers much confidence to investors during a period of economic challenges. Not only that, the leadership teams of these entities will be fighting to ...

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) appears well poised for growth, thanks to its robust business strategies. The company is significantly progressing on its three strategic pillars, which are optimize, drive and growth. The company is actively managing productivity and innovation as well as aligning work to the interconnected trends in food security, health and wellbeing.Management reaffirmed its earlier earnings per share (EPS) guidance for the full year. The company envisions adjusted EPS in the band of ...

The Zacks Agriculture – Operations industry faces a myriad of challenges that can impact productivity, sustainability and the overall well-being of the industry participants. Fluctuating commodity prices, rising input costs, trade uncertainties and elevated operational expenses have been affecting players for a while. As prices increase across the board, companies within this vital sector are grappling with challenges that impact their operations, profitability and long-term sustainability.However, the indu ...

Investing in dividend stocks is a great strategy for wealth accumulation, especially when coupled with the pursuit of undervalued opportunities. Interestingly, as we move further into May 2024, finding undervalued dividend stocks might seem hard since major indices are still hovering near all-time highs. Nevertheless, there are several such names.Why? Well, with interest rates remaining elevated, investors continue to shift their focus towards higher-yielding fixed-income investments such as T-bills due to ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________ Commission file number 1-44 ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 41-0129150 (State or ...

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) posted first-quarter 2024 results, with the top line missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the bottom line beating the same. Both metrics declined year over year.Adjusted earnings of $1.46 per share in the first quarter outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35. However, the figure declined 30% from earnings of $2.09 per share in the year-ago quarter. On a reported basis, Archer Daniels’ earnings were $1.42 per share, down 33% from the year-ago quarter’s $2.12.Re ...

First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 30, 2024 Proprietary business information of ADM. Proprietary business information of ADM. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this release, are forward-looking statements. You can identify forwa ...