Seaport Res Ptn Weighs in on FMC's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:FMC)

FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for FMC in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, July 18th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $0.92 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.97. The consensus estimate for FMC's current full-year earnings is $3.48 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for FMC's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.75 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.47 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.42 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. 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. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of FMC from $40.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of FMC from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $41.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of FMC from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of FMC from $41.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, FMC has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $51.15.

FMC Trading Down 0.5%

FMC stock opened at $42.02 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.25 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.77. FMC has a one year low of $32.83 and a one year high of $68.55. The company's 50 day moving average price is $41.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a current ratio of 1.54.

FMC (NYSE:FMC - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $791.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.70 million. FMC had a net margin of 7.97% and a return on equity of 9.12%. FMC's quarterly revenue was down 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.36 earnings per share.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a $0.58 dividend. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.52%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. FMC's payout ratio is 88.55%.

Institutional Trading of FMC

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Financial Harvest LLC bought a new stake in FMC in the first quarter valued at $29,000. Elequin Capital LP bought a new stake in FMC in the first quarter valued at $30,000. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in FMC in the fourth quarter valued at $37,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in FMC by 66.6% in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Central Pacific Bank Trust Division bought a new stake in FMC in the first quarter valued at $55,000. 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.

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