How Archer-Daniels-Midland Company stacks up

ADM · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

31/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #99 of 152 · scores higher than 34% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

11 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including ADM · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 31?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly because of its operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.

a thinner operating margin: weaker than 79% of peers. Operating margin: 2.3% vs peer median 7.6%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.3% vs peer median 4.0%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = ADM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	ADM	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported	4.8%	8.4%	34%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported	2.3%	5.9%	32%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported	3.3%	4.3%	44%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported	7.6%	10.2%	45%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported	6.9%	35.5%	4%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around ADM

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	99	46
1	Philip Morris International Inc.PM · US-listed	324.2B USD	99	54
1	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	99	88
4	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	98	73
5	National Beverage Corp.FIZZ · US-listed	3.4B USD	97	54
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95	The Andersons, Inc.ANDE · US-listed	2.1B USD	33	42
95	The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL · US-listed	38.2B USD	33	31
95	Hormel Foods CorporationHRL · US-listed	11.7B USD	33	38
98	Primo Brands CorporationPRMB · US-listed	7.5B USD	32	43
99	Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM · US-listed	34.0B USD	31	39
99	JBS N.V.JBS · US-listed	13.1B USD	31	45
101	The Kroger Co.KR · US-listed	39.5B USD	30	26
102	Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB · US-listed	2.0B USD	29	46
103	Performance Food Group CompanyPFGC · US-listed	15.2B USD	27	36

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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