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$42.68 -1.88 (-4.22%)
5/9/2008 4:00 PM

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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Ticker Tags

Environmentally Friendly (22), S&P 500 (484), Alternative Energy (50), Large Cap (467), Ethanol Production (12), Biofuels (9), Food - Major Diversified (20)
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Archer Daniels Midland Company At A Glance

Current Price: $42.68
Last Trade Time: 5/9/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $44.56
Daily Range: $42.17 - $44.13
52-Week Range: $31.28 - $48.95
Volume: 6,326,226
Market Cap: $28.68B
P/E Ratio: 12.04
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Avatar KenN513 (98.93) Submitted: 11/04/07 7:49 AM

Most of us have focused on ADM's increasing production of fuel ethanol. Fuel ethanol production is ecologically unsound and socially irresponsible. That said, American consumers love it. They think that they are "going green" by using corn based fuel. I think that "green-ness" of ethanol fuel wi...More

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Avatar triple24 (88.93) Submitted: 3/25/08 2:20 PM

FOOD not ethanol; the world needs food and the ag cos with real food, especially beans, will "feed the world"; prefer to the fertilizer and "machine" cos which are volatile and vulverable to drought conditions
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Avatar danmangrove (79.22) Submitted: 5/04/08 9:29 AM : Outperform Start Price: $36.49 ADM Score: 23.23

ADM is not an ethanol company, like the street seems to think. Only ~10% of revenues and earnings are ethanol. Government policy with mandates for increased usage of ethanol, subsidies for ethanol blending, and tariffs for Brazilian ethanol have helped ADM grow this small portion of their business. As we see the political pendulum swing, as meat producers complain about ethanol being the cause of their woes, ADM may get beaten down a lot more than 10%. Therein lies the opportunity.

The intellectuals who complain about ethanol being the main cause driving feed and food prices are substantively wrong. Worldwide crop failures are the real cause, and if production in Europe, SA, and Australia get back on track, grain prices will go back down.

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Avatar BiLoandWise (93.03) Submitted: 5/03/08 10:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $44.20 ADM Score: -1.91

It is true that ADM's ethanol production makes little financial or environmental sense but ethanol accounts for a very small part of ADM's excellent agricultural diversification that is available at an attractive price. This is a strong company ... and we all need food.

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Avatar heabu01 (< 20) Submitted: 5/01/08 9:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $43.14 ADM Score: 0.58

food, a better hedge than oil

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Avatar gunark (88.21) Submitted: 5/01/08 7:21 PM : Underperform Start Price: $43.14 ADM Score: -0.58

Thumbs down for biofuels. Also mediocre technicals.

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Avatar CultOfCider (44.25) Submitted: 5/01/08 8:43 AM : Outperform Start Price: $44.08 ADM Score: -3.21

I hate ADM and feel they do more harm to the earth than good. But, I do like their biofuel division - the only good part of the entire darn company. I'm hoping they will switch over to algae rather than using food crops.

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