Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM -1.20%) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at ADM, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

ADM facts

 

 

Headquarters (founded)

Decatur, Ill. (1898)

Market Cap

$17.4 billion

Industry

Agricultural products

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$88.9 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Patricia Woertz

CFO Ray Young

Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)

9.9%

Cash/Debt

$1.7 billion / $10.5 billion

Dividend Yield

2.6%

Competitors

Bunge (BG -1.55%)

Cargill

Ingredion (INGR -0.31%)

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 94% of the 2,071 members who have rated ADM believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.

Just yesterday, one of those bulls, JohnCLeven, tapped ADM as a particularly solid bargain opportunity:

Well diversified agriculture business selling at tangible book value. ... Earnings recently dropped off a cliff to a 7 yr low and ADM is selling at 14x those low earnings, but only 8.5x 2011 earnings and 9x 2010 earnings. I hope to see those earnings revert closer to the mean in the next 1-3 years and this volatile yet cheap stock ... should grow with it. Head I win, tails I don't lose much?

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