FMC (FMC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $54.29 to $55.25
• 50-Day Range: $54.39 to $66.62
• 52-Week Range: $50.03 to $68.72
• Volume: 1.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.89 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.75
• Dividend Yield: 4.20%
• Price Target: $68.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

FMC Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FMC scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 16th out of 143 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

FMC has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FMC has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 39.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FMC are expected to grow by 39.70% in the coming year, from $3.35 to $4.68 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FMC is 4.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FMC is 4.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 23.05.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

FMC has a PEG Ratio of 1.43. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

FMC has a P/B Ratio of 1.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.69% of the float of FMC has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FMC has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FMC has recently increased by 1.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

FMC is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.27%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

FMC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of FMC is 19.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.57% next year. This indicates that FMC will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -14.61

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.69% of the float of FMC has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FMC has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FMC has recently increased by 1.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.71

News Sentiment

FMC has a news sentiment score of 0.71. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for FMC this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

16 people have searched for FMC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 7% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added FMC to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FMC insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $270,245.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.85% of the stock of FMC is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.86% of the stock of FMC is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

FMC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FMC shares performed this year?

FMC's stock was trading at $63.05 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FMC shares have decreased by 12.4% and is now trading at $55.23.
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How were FMC's earnings last quarter?

FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.20. The company's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis.
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Does FMC have any subsidiaries?

FMC subsidiaries include BioPhero ApS, Cheminova A/S, Epax AS, Phytone Ltd., RheinPerChemie GmbH, Tg Soda Ash Inc., Cheminova A/S, and more.

Who are FMC's major shareholders?

FMC's top institutional investors include Wellington Management Group LLP (11.26%), State Street Corp (5.02%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.36%) and King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.28%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew D Sandifer, Robert C Pallash, Mark Douglas, Ronaldo Pereira, Michael Finian Reilly, Nicholas Pfeiffer and Brian Paul Angeli.
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How do I buy shares of FMC?

Shares of FMC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of FMC own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that FMC investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), Tesla (TSLA) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/17 Dividend: 9/30/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/17/2024
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2024
• Today: 11/18/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/03/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Chemicals & allied products
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FMC
• CUSIP: 30249130
• CIK: 37785
• Web: www.fmc.com
• Phone: (215) 299-6000
• Fax: 215-299-5998
• Employees: 6,600
• Year Founded: 1883

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $68.00
• High Stock Price Target: $84.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $56.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $11.62
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.40
• P/E Growth: 1.43
• Net Income: $1.32 billion
• Net Margins: 34.93%
• Pretax Margin: 0.76%
• Return on Equity: 7.68%
• Return on Assets: 2.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.65
• Current Ratio: 1.48
• Quick Ratio: 1.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.53
• Cash Flow: $5.33 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.30
• Book Value: $37.09 per share
• Price / Book: 1.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 124,840,000
• Free Float: 123,775,000
• Market Cap: $6.86 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85