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Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Archer-Daniels-Midland's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 322.0% year-over-year to 3.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.75%, 177.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 3.2% at Archer-Daniels-Midland, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.05% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 3.2% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.03% (2021), against an average of 0.14%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 4bps in 2023 before it tumbled -322bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.02% in 2021, then surged by 93bps to 0.04% in 2022, then crashed by -40bps to 0.02% in 2023, then grew by 11bps to 0.03% in 2024, then tumbled by -12330bps to 3.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ADM's Return on Sales are 3.2% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025).