ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO vs SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADM and SFD diverge most: on revenue growth, ADM reads -3.7% and SFD reads +7.8%; on fcf yield, ADM reads 12.5% and SFD reads -4.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SFD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ADM | SFD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79.22 | $26.03 |
| Market cap | $38.3B | $10.3B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.3% | — |
| P/E | 35.4 | 10.2 |
| P/B | 1.68 | 1.50 |
| P/S | 0.48 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 38.7 | 7.1 |
| Revenue growth | -3.7% | +7.8% |
| Gross margin | 6.0% | 13.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.8% |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 6.5% |
| Return on equity | 4.7% | 14.7% |
| Return on assets | 1.9% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.3% |
| FCF yield | 12.5% | -4.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 1.31 | 2.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.16 | 8.14 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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