High Return Stock - ADM

While many stocks experienced major downfall during the past few month, holders of this stock were having a great time seeing the price went from $35 in November of last year to $45 in January. So who's the lucky one? Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM), the Illinois based diversified agricultural processor has been on a roll since last November. And with P/E ration at 12.78, far below its competitors, maybe it is too early to say the party has ended.

The Positive
Greate technical chart. The stock is trading above 50 day and 200 day moving average. KD is turning up again signaling new rally.

From the financial chart, the company's revenue and profit continue to grow for the past three years. Plus it's a good sign to see the company buying back a lot of stocks last year based on the cash flow chart.

The company pays quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share, another good sign of a stable company. The industry the company is in also is a growing sector - think commodity and ethanol.

The Negative
So if the stock is so under-valued that the company has been buying back stocks why the directors and officers kept selling stocks this year? Not only the employees, the institutions also sold about 368,564 shares.

Conclusion
Even though the stock has rose $10 for the past 52 weeks, the stock has great technical and fundamental. The insider sellings hopefully are just profit taking.