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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

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The Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products.

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S&P 500 (500), Dividend (191), Consumer Staples (231), Defensive (1498), Large Cap (379), Ethanol Production (9), Alternative Energy (52), Environmentally Friendly (25), Food Products (93), Biofuels (14)
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Archer Daniels Midland Company At A Glance

Current Price: $31.62
Last Trade Time: 11/20/2009 4:03 PM
Open: $31.43
Previous Close: $31.57
Daily Range: $31.26 - $31.75
52-Week Range: $21.03 - $33.00
Volume: 3,927,106
Market Cap: $20.31B
P/E Ratio: 17.44
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Avatar Staka (98.01) Submitted: 10/10/09 3:25 AM

“The Archer Daniels Midland Corporation has been the most prominent recipient of corporate welfare in recent US history,” James Bovard wrote in a report for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC. “ADM [has] lavishly fertilized both political parties with millions of do...More

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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

Avatar TRGoodvsEvil (< 20) Submitted: 7/03/09 7:46 PM

This portfolio tracks the performance of good vs. evil companies:

Evil elements:
-#2 on Toxics 100 - Worst Polluters
-Razing rainforests in Southeast Asia to make biofuel
-Exploitive labor practices
-Huge recipient of federal corn subsidies that were originally intended for farmers.

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Avatar oldpbass (90.86) Submitted: 11/17/09 12:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $31.95 ADM Score: 0.43

ADM has been expanding production in key areas within the company, while also spending 'big-bucks' on efficiencies. (co-generation installations)
During this global shipping slump, ADM recently acquired 5 cargo ships (at fire-sale prices), which will fit nicely into their already vast transportation division.
Couple these improvements with an aggressive, relatively new CEO--with a defined vision, (and the elimination of the company's "good old boys' " network) and I believe we have a winner. When market conditions improve, ADM should be well positioned to take full advantage.

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Avatar Staka (98.01) Submitted: 10/10/09 3:25 AM : Outperform Start Price: $29.63 ADM Score: 5.17

“The Archer Daniels Midland Corporation has been the most prominent recipient of corporate welfare in recent US history,” James Bovard wrote in a report for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, DC. “ADM [has] lavishly fertilized both political parties with millions of dollars in handouts and in return [has] reaped billion-dollar windfalls from taxpayers and consumers.”

They are in the most profitable business of current times: getting taxpayer money from the government.

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Avatar JohnnyJackson (< 20) Submitted: 8/14/09 10:31 AM : Underperform Start Price: $27.45 ADM Score: -5.38

The cash stats don't add up. Under ratios, they are a cash making machine that pays back the price in a few years. However, in their cash-flow statements, they are burning cash at an increasing rate.

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Avatar PatrickDickey (33.58) Submitted: 8/04/09 3:30 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.88 ADM Score: 4.29

I think that the alternative fuel debate and more specifcially the deamnd for less "foreign-oil" will help ADM boost their performance.

They are tied into a contract with Monsanto to improve the fuel and food supplies for ethanol.

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Avatar nqian96 (96.74) Submitted: 7/15/09 12:19 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.84 ADM Score: -5.04

Breakout pattern. If fails, get out ASAP

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