Archer Daniels Midland
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) operates as an essential global agricultural supply chain manager and processor headquartered at adm.com. The company unlocks the power of nature to enrich quality of life by connecting local agricultural needs with global capabilities through an integrated origination,… From the company’s description.
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What Archer Daniels Midland does
In the company’s own words
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) operates as an essential global agricultural supply chain manager and processor headquartered at adm.com. The company unlocks the power of nature to enrich quality of life by connecting local agricultural needs with global capabilities through an integrated origination, logistics, and manufacturing network.
ADM transforms raw agricultural commodities into an expansive array of products serving the food, feed, fuel, and industrial and consumer products sectors. The company partners with thousands of farmers worldwide to purchase crops and processes them into value-added solutions. Its broad portfolio spans staple foods and innovative alternatives including natural colors and flavors, plant-based proteins, and lower-sugar, fat, and salt solutions. ADM provides human and animal nutrition ingredients, health and well-being products such as probiotics and enzymes, and serves as a key producer of biofuels converting agricultural feedstocks into renewable fuels.
The company operates through three reportable segments. Ag Services and Oilseeds handles global origination, merchandising, transportation, and storage of agricultural raw materials, plus crushing and processing of oilseeds including soybeans and soft seeds. This segment generated seventeen percent of revenues in 2025. Carbohydrate Solutions engages in corn and wheat wet and dry milling, producing sweeteners, starches, syrups, glucose, wheat flour, and dextrose, representing thirteen percent of revenues. Nutrition serves food, beverages, nutritional supplements, and complete feed markets with ingredients and solutions including plant-based proteins, flavors, colors, emulsifiers, probiotics, and enzymes.
ADM maintains a comprehensive transportation capability utilizing trucks, trailers, railroad cars, river barges, towboats, and ocean-going vessels. The company employs approximately 41,496 people across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The company holds a significant 22.5% equity interest in Wilmar International Limited, a Singapore-listed agribusiness group. ADM invests substantially in research and development focused on science-based products aligned with food security, sustainable processes, health, and personalized nutrition trends. The company owns trademarks, brands, recipes, and intellectual property with a net book value of $579 million, with over ninety-five percent concentrated in the Nutrition segment.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry (SIC)
- Food Products
- Headquarters
- CHICAGO, IL
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 7084
- SIC
- 2070
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Archer Daniels Midland — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in Archer Daniels Midland · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · Archer Daniels Midland’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Archer Daniels Midland’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 13 issues of Archer Daniels Midland’s debt, $476.99M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.73%, maturing 2026 to 2051.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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