Archer Daniels Mid. Dividend yield

Archer Daniels Mid. is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Archer Daniels Mid. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Archer Daniels Mid. stock dividend

Archer Daniels Mid. paid a total dividend of 981 million USD last year, for a market value of 43,219 millions (Market Cap 42,941 millions). Archer Daniels Mid. dividend per share is 1.80 USD, and his stock market price 79.30 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Archer Daniels Mid. has a dividend yield of 2.27%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Archer Daniels Mid. stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Archer Daniels Mid. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Archer Daniels Mid. to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Archer Daniels Mid. payout on ernings is currently 21.33%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Archer Daniels Mid.can maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Archer Daniels Mid. is USD 6.40 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Archer Daniels Mid., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Archer Daniels Mid. Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Archer Daniels Mid.'s dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.27%	1.80	21.33%	545
2022	1.72%	1.60	30.48%	549
2021	2.19%	1.48	42.65%	559
2020	2.86%	1.44	50.53%	556
2019	3.02%	1.40	41.06%	560
2018	3.27%	1.34	50.38%	559
2017	3.19%	1.28	51.82%	563
2016	2.78%	1.20	36.36%	587
2015	3.07%	1.12	29.79%	609

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Archer Daniels Mid. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Archer Daniels Mid. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Archer Daniels Mid. showed a return of -6.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -9.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food Producers firms.