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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

ADM full-year 2024 adjusted EPS falls 32% to $4.74; 2025 guidance $4.00 to $4.75

Negative Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

ADM reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results on February 4, 2025. Full-year adjusted EPS fell 32% to $4.74 and GAAP EPS fell 43% to $3.65, and the company guided to 2025 adjusted EPS of $4.00 to $4.75, citing weaker market fundamentals and biofuel and trade policy uncertainty. ADM also announced targeted actions to deliver $500 million to $750 million in cost savings over three to five years and a 2% increase in its quarterly dividend.

Key points

  • Full-year 2024 net earnings attributable to ADM were $1.8 billion, compared with $3.5 billion in 2023.
  • Fourth-quarter 2024 adjusted EPS was $1.14, down 16%, while GAAP EPS was $1.17, up 10%.
  • 2025 adjusted EPS guidance is $4.00 to $4.75 per share, which the filing ties to weaker market fundamentals and policy uncertainty.

The filing

CompanyArcher Daniels Midland (ADM)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 4, 2025, 7:35 AM ET
Accession number0000007084-25-000005

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 04, 2025.

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