All Brands Owned by Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

Is ADM a subsidiary of another company?
No. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is an independent public corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker ADM. It has no parent company; ownership is distributed among institutional investors and public shareholders. It does hold a significant equity stake in Singapore-based Wilmar International.

Is ADM publicly traded?
Yes. ADM trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ADM and is a member of the S&P 500. It has paid dividends for more than 90 consecutive years and reports quarterly results through SEC filings.

When was ADM founded?
The company's roots date to 1902, when John W. Daniels founded the Daniels Linseed Company in Minneapolis to process flaxseed. The Archer-Daniels-Midland name dates to 1923, when Archer-Daniels Linseed acquired Midland Linseed Products. ADM went public in 1924 and moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2014.

Who founded ADM?
John W. Daniels founded the original linseed crushing business in 1902, and George A. Archer joined shortly afterward, giving the company the Archer-Daniels name. The Midland element came from the 1923 acquisition of Midland Linseed Products. Dwayne Andreas, CEO from 1970, is considered the architect of the modern global company.

What is ADM's market position?
ADM is the largest publicly traded agricultural processor and one of the four dominant global grain merchants, with $80.3 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue. In specialty starches and food ingredients it ranks among the global leaders alongside Cargill, Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, and Roquette, and it is one of the world's largest soybean crushers and corn processors.

What was ADM's SEC settlement about?
In January 2024 ADM paid $40 million to settle SEC charges that it retroactively adjusted intersegment transactions in 2021 and 2022 to inflate the reported results of its Nutrition segment. The company restated affected results, its CFO stepped down, and it settled related shareholder litigation without admitting or denying the SEC's findings.