Answer the following questions on Archer Daniels Midland CO. aka ADM

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Answer the questions by using the SEC websites 10K. Don't include any of the numbers for these questions just summarize the parts of the 10K that apply to the questions. Highlighted parts only need to be revised and put together. Follow these guidleines:

1.Table with 5 years of ratios w industry averages.

2.Ratios on each table include profitability sales salads growth GPM, ROS, ROA, ROE. Asset Efficiency, Accounts Recivable Turnover it Days on Hand, Inv, TAT, or PLE Liquidity + Leverage working capital or current ratio, Debt-Equity, Debt Ratio+ Times interest Earned Cash Flow- All 3 ratios

3-WRITING is short and Curt-get to the point

4-No personal pronouns and no “the company”

5-No quoting the 10K

6-Need a 1 sentence Note about industry averages

7-Do not define the ratios or categories

8-Most important aspect, answer WHY

9- when writing- work line by line down the table and within each line, you work year by year

10- Always discuss all 4 sales growth Ratio

11- Do not rewrite the questions

12- SHOULD BE IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT

13. Do not write monetary numbers just note the increases or decreases.

These are only guidelines every guideline does not have to be used for every question.

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1. Why a 9.6% decrease in sales in 2014-15- They had a series of decreases in their divisions which was offset by 2. Why a 25.1% decrease in sales 2014-2015 3. Why a 2.5% increase in sales 2015-2016 4. Why a 8.6% increase in sales 2016-2017- They had a series of decreases in their divisions due to volume and sales prices in acquisitions 5. Why a 1.7% increase in GPM 2013-2014 6. Why a 1.3% in ROS 2013-2014 7. Why do you see a downward trend in ROS from 2.8% to 2.1% 2014-2016 8. Why an increase of .6% in ROS in 2017? - The effect of changes in agricultural commodity prices on LIFO inventory valuation reserves had a $2 million positive impact on gross profit compared to a negative impact of $19 million in the prior year. Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates increased $164 million to $456 million primarily due to higher earnings from the Company’s investment in Wilmar resulting from the increased ownership stake in and higher results from Wilmar and improved results from the Company’s equity investment in CIP, partially offset by losses from a new equity investment and decreased earnings resulting from the disposal of an equity investment. 9. ROA Why a decrease 5.1% to 3.8% from 2014-2015 10. ROA- Why a increase from 3.2% to 4.6% (2016-17) ? 11. Similar ques to ROA for ROE.
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Why a 25.1% decrease in sales 2014-2015
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