CW Advisors LLC Takes Position in FMC Corporation $FMC

Key Points

• CW Advisors LLC has invested approximately $435,000 in FMC Corporation by acquiring 10,359 shares during the first quarter.
• Analysts have mixed ratings on FMC, with some upgrades including Wells Fargo raising their target from $41.00 to $50.00, while others like UBS and Morgan Stanley lowered their price targets.
• FMC reported earnings of $0.69 per share for the last quarter, beating expectations and indicating a year-over-year revenue increase of 1.2%.

CW Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 10,359 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $435,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of FMC. Financial Harvest LLC purchased a new stake in FMC during the first quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Elequin Capital LP purchased a new stake in FMC during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in FMC by 66.6% during the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,006 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 402 shares during the last quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new stake in FMC during the first quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in FMC by 378.5% during the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,914 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $81,000 after acquiring an additional 1,514 shares during the last quarter. 91.86% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 1,510 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.49, for a total transaction of $56,609.90. Following the sale, the vice president owned 36,834 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,380,906.66. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.67% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. KeyCorp increased their target price on shares of FMC from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of FMC from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of FMC from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of FMC from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, June 14th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of FMC from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $41.00 to $50.00 in a report on Monday, June 23rd. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $49.58.

FMC Stock Performance

Shares of FMC stock traded down $0.63 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $38.47. 1,651,429 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,573,528. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.53. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $40.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of $39.93. FMC Corporation has a 52-week low of $32.83 and a 52-week high of $67.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.08, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 0.76.

FMC (NYSE:FMC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $995.15 million. FMC had a net margin of 2.42% and a return on equity of 9.36%. The firm's revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company 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. On average, research analysts forecast that FMC Corporation will post 3.48 EPS for the current year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. FMC's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 290.00%.

About FMC

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.