Archer Daniels Midland Co vs Adecoagro SA

Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) is overvalued and Adecoagro SA (AGRO) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. AGRO is the closer of the two: -50%, against -187% for ADM.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $28.71; the price of $82.34 is 187% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 56/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Adecoagro SA (AGRO)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.8% values the shares at $7.30; the price of $10.93 is 50% above that value.

Leak Score 0/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MetricADMAGRO
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$82.34$10.93
Intrinsic value$28.71$7.30
Margin of safety-187%-50%
Leak Score56/100 (9/12)0/100 (3/12)
Market cap$39.7B$1.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years4.5%12.1%
Operating margin2.5%1.9%
Net margin2.1%3.1%
Return on equity7.7%3.2%
Debt to equity0.401.34
P/E22.5x34.2x
Forward P/E14.1x9.2x
P/B1.7x0.9x
Dividend yield2.6%2.0%

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