FMC (NYSE:FMC) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• FMC updated its FY 2025 EPS guidance to 3.260-3.700, slightly below the consensus estimate of 3.427, and provided revenue guidance of $4.1 billion-$4.3 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.2 billion.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.58 per share, resulting in an annualized dividend of $2.32 with a dividend yield of 5.59%.
• FMC's stock has experienced a 1.4% decline during recent trading, reflecting a price of $41.47, with institutional investors now owning 91.86% of the shares.

FMC (NYSE:FMC - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.260-3.700 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.427. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.1 billion-$4.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.2 billion. FMC also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.780-0.980 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have weighed in on FMC shares. Mizuho raised shares of FMC from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $49.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 25th. Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of FMC from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $41.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Monday, June 23rd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of FMC from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, June 14th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on FMC from $46.00 to $42.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price objective on FMC from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $50.38.

FMC Stock Down 1.9%

Shares of NYSE:FMC traded down $0.74 during trading on Friday, hitting $38.31. 701,270 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,604,863. FMC has a fifty-two week low of $32.83 and a fifty-two week high of $67.75. The stock has a market cap of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $42.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.66.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.10. The business 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 9.32%. The firm's revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.63 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that FMC will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be issued a $0.58 dividend. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. FMC's dividend payout ratio is presently 290.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FMC

An institutional investor recently raised its position in FMC stock. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC - Free Report) by 137.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,427 shares of the basic materials company's stock after buying an additional 12,414 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth's holdings in FMC were worth $904,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors own 91.86% of the company's stock.

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.