Sales down 6.2%, free cash flow up to $4.2B
The latest figures
All key numbers (36) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 5.12 | Sales (ttm) | 84.1B | Net income (ttm) | 2.5B | Sales growth | -6.2% | EPS growth | -38.9% | Sales Q/Q | +9.6% |
| Free cash flow | 346.0M | Gross margin | 7.4% | Oper. margin | - | Net margin | 3.0% | FCF margin | 0.4% | ROE | 10.4% |
| ROA | 4.5% | R&D / sales | 0.3% | Dividend | 2.04 | Debt/Eq | 0.37 | Curr. ratio | 1.45 | Cash | 711.0M |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 1.5B | Net debt | 8.0B | Quick ratio | 0.94 | Payout ratio | 91.5% | Tax rate | 14.5% | Stock pay / sales | 0.1% |
| Shares out. | 475.9M | Shares Y/Y | -1.8% | Book / share | 50.13 | Cash / share | 1.49 | Sales / share | 176.63 | Asset turnover | 1.52 |
| Inventory turns | 7.26 | Days sales out. | 14 | Sales 3Y CAGR | -7.5% | Sales 5Y CAGR | +4.5% | EPS 3Y CAGR | -33.9% | EPS 5Y CAGR | -6.7% |
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Changes in the numbers
FY2025 against FY2024-
Free cash flow rose 243%$1.2B → $4.2B · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
ADM against Consumer staples peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 34 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 34 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADM Archer Daniels Midland | $84.1B | -6.2% | 7.4% | 3.0% | 10.4% | 0.4% | 0.37 |
| TGT Target Corporation | $107.7B | -1.7% | 29.3% | 4.1% | 24.6% | 4.1% | 0.86 |
| PEP PepsiCo | $98.2B | +2.3% | 54.2% | 11.1% | 48.9% | 10.7% | 2.13 |
| BG Bunge Global | $93.5B | +32.4% | 5.1% | 1.2% | 7.1% | -2.8% | 1.03 |
| PG Procter & Gamble | $87.9B | +3.3% | 49.8% | 18.2% | 29.0% | 17.4% | 0.70 |
| SYY Sysco | $85.1B | +3.9% | 18.5% | 2.1% | 44.7% | 2.6% | 3.42 |
From $85.2B of sales to $2.7B of profit
FY2021, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $101.6B of sales to $4.3B of profit
FY2022, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $93.9B of sales to $3.5B of profit
FY2023, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $85.5B of sales to $1.8B of profit
FY2024, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
From $80.3B of sales to $1.1B of profit
FY2025, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
Where each $100 of sales went
- Cost of revenue
- Costs, tax, other
- Net profit
Band widths are the money. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue; operating expenses are gross profit less operating profit; R&D is from the income statement and the rest of the operating expenses is everything else; tax includes interest and other items when they are small. Y/Y is the change from the fiscal year before. Revenue by part only for the years in the last two 10-Ks' segment tables. The full income statement →
Profitability
1 of 4- !Net margin below the peer median3.0% vs 8.0%
- !Gross margin down over 5 years6.9% → 6.3%
- !Return on equity below 15%10.4%
- ✓A profit in every one of 10 years
Balance sheet
2 of 3- ✓Debt smaller than equityDebt / equity 0.37 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.82)
- ✓Current assets cover current liabilitiesCurrent ratio 1.45
- !Net debt over 3 years of free cash flow$8.0B net debt, 23.2 years
Cash and shareholders
3 of 4- !Free cash flow positive in 5 of 10 years$4.2B last year
- ✓Share count down over 5 years−14.3%
- ✓Dividend per share up over 5 years$1.44 → $2.04
- ✓Cash from operations above net income$5.5B vs $1.1B
Each tick is a fact with a fixed rule (on /methodology), not a score or advice. A check without the numbers it needs is left out.
$7.9B of principal due, schedule of Dec 31, 2025
From the balance sheet in the latest 10-K or 10-Q (XBRL). When each part falls due, year by year, and the debt note's own lines are on the Debt tab.
Revenue and net income, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue 80.3B Net income 1.1BFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
ADM's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
Revenue by business segment
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrate Solutions | 8.5B | 10.6% | -5.3% |
| Ag Servicesand Oilseeds | 8.5B | 10.6% | +11.6% |
| Nutrition | 7.5B | 9.4% | +2.2% |
10-K 0000007084-26-000011, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by region
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31.2B | 38.8% | -7.1% |
| Switzerland | 17.8B | 22.2% | -10.5% |
| Other Foreign | 15.2B | 19.0% | -3.0% |
| Cayman Islands | 6.1B | 7.6% | +8.7% |
| Brazil | 3.4B | 4.2% | +0.1% |
| Mexico | 2.7B | 3.4% | -14.6% |
| United Kingdom | 2.1B | 2.6% | -3.2% |
| Canada | 1.8B | 2.2% | -14.0% |
10-K 0000007084-26-000011, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGARBalance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 619.0M | 804.0M | 2.0B | 852.0M | 666.0M | 943.0M | 1.0B | 1.4B | 611.0M | 1.0B |
| Short-term investments | - | 0 | 6.0M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receivables | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B | 2.8B | 3.3B | 4.9B | 4.2B | 3.7B | 3.0B |
| Inventory | 8.8B | 9.2B | 8.8B | 9.2B | 11.7B | 14.5B | 14.8B | 12.0B | 11.6B | 10.4B |
| Current assets | 21.0B | 19.9B | 20.6B | 21.3B | 27.3B | 31.9B | 35.4B | 29.8B | 27.7B | 26.7B |
| Property & equipment | 9.8B | 10.1B | 10.0B | 10.1B | 9.8B | 9.8B | 9.9B | 10.5B | 10.8B | 11.2B |
| Goodwill | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 3.4B | 3.5B | 4.2B | 4.2B | 4.1B | 4.5B | 4.8B |
| Total assets | 39.8B | 40.0B | 40.8B | 44.0B | 49.7B | 56.1B | 59.8B | 54.6B | 53.3B | 52.4B |
| Accounts payable | 3.6B | 3.9B | 3.5B | 3.7B | 4.5B | 6.4B | 7.8B | 6.3B | 5.5B | 5.2B |
| Current liabilities | 13.2B | 12.6B | 11.8B | 13.7B | 18.2B | 21.9B | 24.2B | 18.7B | 19.9B | 19.5B |
| Total debt | 6.9B | 7.5B | 8.4B | 8.9B | 9.9B | 9.5B | 9.2B | 8.4B | 10.2B | 8.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | 17.2B | 18.3B | 19.0B | 19.2B | 20.0B | 22.5B | 24.3B | 24.1B | 22.2B | 22.7B |
| Retained earnings | 17.4B | 17.6B | 18.5B | 19.0B | 19.8B | 21.7B | 23.6B | 23.5B | 21.9B | 22.0B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -6.5B | -6.0B | -4.8B | -5.5B | -2.4B | 6.6B | 3.5B | 4.5B | 2.8B | 5.5B |
| Capital spending | 882.0M | 1.0B | 842.0M | 828.0M | 823.0M | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.2B |
| Free cash flow | -7.4B | -7.0B | -5.6B | -6.3B | -3.2B | 5.4B | 2.2B | 3.0B | 1.2B | 4.2B |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 74.0M | 66.0M | 109.0M | 89.0M | 151.0M | 161.0M | 147.0M | 112.0M | 74.0M | 83.0M |
| Dividends paid | 701.0M | 730.0M | 758.0M | 789.0M | 809.0M | 834.0M | 899.0M | 977.0M | 985.0M | 987.0M |
| Buybacks | 1.0B | 750.0M | 77.0M | 150.0M | 133.0M | 0 | 1.4B | 2.7B | 2.3B | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 130.0M | 187.0M | 464.0M | 1.9B | 15.0M | 1.6B | 22.0M | 23.0M | 927.0M | 108.0M |
| Debt raised | - | - | - | - | 1.8B | 1.3B | 752.0M | 501.0M | - | - |
| Debt repaid | 14.0M | 835.0M | 30.0M | 626.0M | 2.1B | 534.0M | 482.0M | 963.0M | 1.0M | 772.0M |
| Investing cash flow | 6.9B | 7.3B | 6.6B | 5.3B | 4.5B | -2.7B | -1.4B | -1.5B | -2.7B | -1.0B |
| Financing cash flow | -579.0M | -1.0B | 187.0M | -660.0M | -423.0M | -1.1B | -2.5B | -4.6B | -1.5B | -2.9B |
| Dividend per share | 1.20 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.40 | 1.44 | 1.48 | 1.60 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 2.04 |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 74.0M | 66.0M | 109.0M | 89.0M | 151.0M | 161.0M | 147.0M | 112.0M | 74.0M | 83.0M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Operating lease cost | - | - | - | 275.0M | 315.0M | 336.0M | 356.0M | 390.0M | 410.0M | 430.0M |
| Operating lease cash paid | - | - | - | 209.0M | 302.0M | 325.0M | 339.0M | 374.0M | 397.0M | 415.0M |
| Right-of-use assets | - | - | - | 971.0M | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.3B |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | - | - | 996.0M | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.3B |
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