Archer Daniels Midland Profit, Revenue Slide
November 03 2015 - 9:00AM
Dow Jones News
Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported steeper-than-expected drops
in revenue and profit in its third quarter, as the grain trader and
processor was hurt by weak ethanol margins and lower North American
export volumes.
Shares fell 2.8% in premarket trading.
ADM, among the world's largest agribusinesses and a major
ethanol producer, has been buffeted recently by lower
ethanol-production margins and sluggish overseas demand for North
American crops.
The Chicago company has also faced weakness in its grain-trading
business as a strong U.S. dollar and large crops in South America
crimped export demand for North American grain.
In the third quarter, revenue in ADM's corn-processing business
fell 17% to $2.52 billion.
Revenue in ADM's agricultural-services segment fell 6.2% to $6.6
billion.
ADM's oilseed-processing business posted a 12% drop in revenue
to $6.75 billion.
The wild flavors and specialty ingredients segment was a bright
spot, as revenue more than doubled to $588 million in the
quarter.
Overall, the company posted earnings of $252 million, or 41
cents a share, down from $747 million, or $1.14 a share, a year
earlier.
The quarter included $65 million in impairment, exit and
restructuring costs.
Excluding those charges and other special items, per-share
earnings fell to 60 cents a share from 86 cents a year earlier.
Revenue slid 8.6% to $16.57 billion.
Analysts had projected per-share earnings of 70 cents a share on
revenue of $17.77 billion.
Write to Chelsey Dulaney at Chelsey.Dulaney@wsj.com
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November 03, 2015 08:45 ET (13:45 GMT)
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