30,178 Shares in FMC Corporation $FMC Bought by Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC

Key Points

• Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC acquired 30,178 shares of FMC Corporation, valued at approximately $1,273,000, during the first quarter of the year.
• FMC recently reported earnings of $0.69 EPS, exceeding analysts' expectations, and provided guidance for future EPS with values projected between 0.780-0.980 for Q3 2025.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.58 per share, with a dividend yield of 5.9%, to be paid on October 16th.

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC bought a new position in shares of FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 30,178 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $1,273,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in FMC by 286.0% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,494,377 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $189,618,000 after buying an additional 3,329,974 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in FMC by 20.0% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,743,271 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $115,736,000 after buying an additional 457,094 shares in the last quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC raised its stake in FMC by 22.7% during the first quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 2,284,267 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $96,373,000 after buying an additional 423,210 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in FMC by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,926,284 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $93,637,000 after buying an additional 71,929 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in FMC by 9.8% during the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,641,657 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $69,274,000 after buying an additional 146,048 shares in the last quarter. 91.86% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on FMC. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on FMC from $46.00 to $42.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 1st. KeyCorp upped their target price on FMC from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Barclays lowered their target price on FMC from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wells Fargo & Company raised FMC from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their target price for the company from $41.00 to $50.00 in a report on Monday, June 23rd. Finally, UBS Group lowered their target price on FMC from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $49.58.

FMC Stock Performance

FMC stock traded down $0.27 on Friday, reaching $39.05. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,143,370 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,726,789. The company has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 1.14. FMC Corporation has a 52 week low of $32.83 and a 52 week high of $67.75. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $40.69 and a two-hundred day moving average of $39.88.

FMC (NYSE:FMC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $995.15 million. FMC had a return on equity of 9.36% and a net margin of 2.42%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.63 earnings per share. FMC has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.780-0.980 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.260-3.700 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that FMC Corporation will post 3.48 EPS for the current fiscal year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a $0.58 dividend. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.9%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. FMC's dividend payout ratio is 290.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other FMC news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 1,510 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.49, for a total value of $56,609.90. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 36,834 shares in the company, valued at $1,380,906.66. This represents a 3.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.67% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

FMC Company Profile

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.