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ADM Q1 2024 Earnings Presentation FINAL
ADM Q1 2024 Earnings Presentation FINAL
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL |DRAFT
Financial Highlights
$1.42
Capital4
$0.9B $1.6B
1. Non-GAAP measures - see notes on page 3
2. See earnings per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, on page 21
3. See segment operating profit as reported on page 17
4. Cash from operations before working capital is total operating activities of $0.7 billion plus the changes in working capital of $0.2 billion
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Making Progress on Our Value Creation Priorities for the Year
Q1 2024 Accomplishments
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Total Consolidated Operating Profit and Earnings Per Share
Q1 2024 versus Prior Year Quarter
• AS&O margin normalization • Nutrition down due headwinds in • Lower pricing and execution margins, • Lower manufacturing costs in
Specialty Ingredients primarily in AS&O AS&O and Carb Sol
• Carb Sol lower on pressured
domestic ethanol margins • Other business up on higher captive • Improvement in AS&O volumes • Share repurchases drove
insurance improvement in other
1. Non-GAAP measures - see notes on page 3 2. See segment operating profit as reported on page 17
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Ag Services & Oilseeds Operating Profit
1. 2023 Ag Services & Oilseeds segment operating profits has been revised to reflect immaterial error corrections with no change to total Adjusted Segment Operating Profit. See Note 13, Segment Information
of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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Carbohydrate Solutions Operating Profit
Q1 2024 versus Prior Year Quarter
1. 2023 Carbohydrate Solutions segment operating profits has been revised to reflect immaterial error corrections with no change to total Adjusted Segment Operating Profit. See Note 13, Segment Information
of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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Nutrition Revenue
Q1 2024 versus Prior Year Quarter
Segment Revenue
(in millions of dollars) • Overall, Nutrition revenue declined
~1%
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Nutrition Operating Profit
Q1 2024 versus Prior Year Quarter
1. 2023 Nutrition segment operating profits has been revised to reflect immaterial error corrections with no change to total Adjusted Segment Operating Profit. See Note 13, Segment Information of the
Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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Other Business Results and Corporate
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Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Deployment
Continued strong cash flow creates opportunity to return excess cash to shareholders
Share Repurchase
$ 0.4B
1. Cash from operations before working capital is total operating activities of $0.7 billion plus the changes in
working capital of $0.2 billion
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Consolidated Outlook
Expect to be • Strong volumes and lower energy costs to support margin expansion in
Expect to be starches and sweeteners
Carbohydrate Solutions slightly lower
slightly higher
versus prior • Expect lower wheat milling margins
versus prior year
year • Robust export opportunities in ethanol, but lower domestic margins
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Proprietary business information of ADM.
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Appendix
Segment Operating Profit and Corporate Results
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Balance Sheet Highlights
Memos
Available credit capacity March 31
- CP $4.1 bil $4.2 bil
- Other $4.7 bil $4.7 bil
Readily marketable inventory $6.7 bil $9.2 bil
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Cash Flow Highlights
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GAAP Statement of Earnings Summary
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS)
2024 2023
Net earnings and EPS (fully diluted) as reported $ 729 $ 1.42 $ 1,170 $ 2.12
Adjustm ents
(Gain) loss on sales of assets — — (1) —
Adjusted net earnings and adjusted EPS (non-GAAP)(1) $ 750 $ 1.46 $ 1,151 $ 2.09
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ROIC versus WACC Q1 CY24
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Reconciliation of Return on Invested Capital
Jun. 30, 2023 Sep. 30, 2023 Dec. 31, 2023 M ar. 31, 2024 M ar. 31, 2024
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, and Depreciation
and Amortization (EBITDA)(1) Four Quarters Ended March 31, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023 Sep. 30, 2023 Dec. 31, 2023 M ar. 31, 2024 M ar. 31, 2024
Net earnings $ 927 $ 821 $ 565 $ 729 $ 3,042
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests 1 3 (23) (10) (29)
Income tax expense 204 207 192 166 769
Interest expense 124 97 109 115 445
Depreciation and amortization 262 261 277 280 1,080
EBITDA 1,518 1,389 1,120 1,280 5,307
(Gain) loss on sales of assets and businesses (11) 2 (7) — (16)
Impairment and restructuring charges and settlement contingencies 117 71 172 18 378
Railroad maintenance expense 2 26 39 — 67
Expenses related to acquisitions 3 3 1 — 7
Adjusted EBITDA $ 1,629 $ 1,491 $ 1,325 $ 1,298 $ 5,743
Jun. 30, 2023 Sep. 30, 2023 Dec. 31, 2023 M ar. 31, 2024 M ar. 31, 2024
Ag Services and Oilseeds $ 1,143 $ 937 $ 1,053 $ 959 $ 4,092
Carbohydrate Solutions 397 546 387 325 1,655
Nutrition 237 197 58 158 650
Other Business 84 44 143 119 390
Corporate (232) (233) (316) (263) (1,044)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 1,629 $ 1,491 $ 1,325 $ 1,298 $ 5,743
1. Non-GAAP measure – see notes on page 3
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Debt to Total Debt and to Adjusted
EBITDA
Adjustments:
Readily marketable inventories (RMI) $ (6,707) $ (9,157)
x RMI factor 40% 40%
RMI adjustment (2,683) (3,663)
Accounts receivable transferred against the securitization programs facility 2,271 2,630
Total adjustments $ (412) $ (1,033)
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