Comfortable leader
15 companies value 68 bn revenue 238 bn margin 1.7% free cash flow 2.4 bn avg. score 3.2
ADM holds 57.4% of the group's value, 2.0x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland United States · score 6.0 | 57% | 39 bn | 82 bn | 2.2% | 1.7 bn | 4.3% | 2.6% | Grain and ingredient origination, processing and trading · One of the four big global agricultural traders (ABCD) | |
| 2 | BG | Bunge Global United States/Switzerland · score 1.1 | 29% | 20 bn | 92 bn | 1.1% | -0.7 bn | -3.6% | 2.8% | Oilseed processing, vegetable oils and agricultural trading · Global leader in oilseed processing; strong in Brazil | |
| 3 | SEB | Seaboard Corporation United States · score 3.0 | 5% | 3.7 bn | 10 bn | 6.2% | -0.0 bn | -0.6% | 0.3% | Pork production, meat processing and biofuel · Protein, milling and ocean shipping in one group | |
| 4 | ANDE | The Andersons United States · score 5.1 | 3% | 2.2 bn | 11 bn | 1.6% | 0.1 bn | 2.6% | 1.2% | Grain and fertilizer storage and trading · Grain trading and origination in the US farm belt | |
| 5 | AGRO | Adecoagro S.A. Luxembourg · score 2.8 | 2% | 1.4 bn | 1.4 bn | -0.5% | 0.0 bn | 3.2% | 2.5% | Agribusiness in South America: grains, sugar, dairy and rice · Luxembourg — revenue of $1.4bn | |
| 6 | UVV | UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ United States · score 6.7 | 2% | 1.0 bn | 2.8 bn | 0.7% | 0.2 bn | 16.7% | 8.3% | Leaf tobacco and agricultural ingredients sourcing and processing, for 100 years · Virginia — revenue of $2.8bn | |
| 7 | LND | BrasilAgro - Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co Brazil · score 5.9 | 1% | 0.4 bn | 0.2 bn | 15.7% | 0.0 bn | 3.8% | 8.2% | Soybean, corn, sugarcane and cattle farms in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, developed for resale · Brazil — revenue of $175m | |
| 8 | AFRI | Forafric Global PLC Gibraltar · score 0.0 | 1% | 0.3 bn | 0.2 bn | -8.4% | 0.0 bn | -0.1% | — | Grain milling and trading in Africa · Gibraltar — revenue of $176m | |
| 9 | PFAI | Pinnacle Food Group Ltd Canada · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.1 bn | 0.0 bn | -55.8% | -0.0 bn | -8.9% | — | Vertical and hydroponic farming as a service, now focused on commercial clients · Canada — revenue of $3m | |
| 10 | SOS | SOS Ltd China · score 4.5 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.1 bn | -76.2% | 0.2 bn | 57x | — | Commodities trading (soybeans, wheat, resin, latex), with crypto mining hosting · China — revenue of $154m | |
| 11 | TULP | BLOOMIA HOLDINGS, INC. United States · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.1 bn | -23.2% | 0.0 bn | -39.1% | — | Hydroponic tulip growing and sales to retailers · Minnesota — revenue of $48m | |
| 12 | CHSCP | CHS Inc. United States · score 6.0 | — | — | 37 bn | 1.5% | 0.9 bn | — | — | Integrated farm cooperative: grain, energy and inputs · US farm cooperative with its own refining and distribution | |
| 13 | CRESY | CRESUD INC Argentina · score 5.7 | — | — | 0.6 bn | 24.5% | 0.1 bn | — | — | Crop and cattle farms in Argentina and neighboring countries, and the controlling shareholder of IRSA · Argentina — revenue of $600m | |
| 14 | SDOT | Sadot Group Inc. United States · score 0.3 | — | — | 0.3 bn | -37.8% | -0.0 bn | — | — | Global agricultural trading and restaurants · Texas — revenue of $247m | |
| 15 | COOT | Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd Australia · score 1.0 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -6.8% | 0.0 bn | — | — | Vegetable oil pressing in Australia, with regenerative agriculture · Australia — revenue of $31m |
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The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.