Morgan Stanley downgrades Archer-Daniels-Midland to 'underweight', cuts PT

Archer-Daniels-Midland

16/12/2025 14:34

** Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland ADM.N fall ~2% to $59.11

** Morgan Stanley downgrades stock to "underweight" from "equal weight", cuts PT to $50 from $57

** New PT represents nearly a 17% discount to stock's last close

** Brokerage says rising expectations for crush margins post-RVO and risk to Carb Solutions unit support an unfavorable setup for ADM

** Renewable volume obligations (RVO) refer to the amount of renewable fuel that refiners and importers must blend into the transportation fuel supply in a given year

** "We see risk  that the RVO has raised expectations into 2026 and overshadowed further downside in Carb Solutions' - Morgan Stanley

**  Two out of 12 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, seven "hold" and three "sell" or lower; their median PT is $57.07 - LSEG data

 (Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)

 ((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))