In terms of earnings, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is expected to announce earnings of $0.96 when the company next releases their earnings report on 2015-11-03. The rating system simplifies analyst ratings into a 1-5 format where 1 is equivalent to a Strong Buy and 5 represents a Strong Sell. The brokerage firm analysts covering Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) have given a rating of 2.67.

Many analysts have commented on the company rating. Post opening the session at $42.98, the shares hit an intraday low of $42.545 and an intraday high of $43.05 and the price vacillated in this range throughout the day.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company has dropped 15.77% during the last 3-month period. With the volume soaring to 3,410,880 shares, the last trade was called at $42.82. The company has a 50-day moving average of $45.88 and a 200-day moving average of $48.34.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. The company has a market cap of $26,075 million and the number of outstanding shares have been calculated to be 608,940,000 shares.

In other news, VP John P. Stott sold 2,313 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The total amount of the transaction was worth $107,508, according to the disclosed information with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Form 4 filing. However, if the road gets shaky, the stock may fall short to $42 per share.

Archer Daniels Midland is an agricultural services company and produces food ingredients, animal feeds and feed ingredients, biofuels and other products. The Company also has a grain elevator and transportation network to procure, store, clean, and transport agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, and barley, as well as processed agricultural commodities.