FMC Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:FMC)

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FMC in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" FMC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FMC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for FMC's shares. Their FMC share price targets range from $59.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $86.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.6% from the stock's current price.
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FMC's stock was trading at $124.80 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FMC shares have decreased by 55.2% and is now trading at $55.95.
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FMC saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,370,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the October 31st total of 4,370,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 4.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 6th 2024.
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FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $981.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. FMC had a net margin of 10.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.84%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 28.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.23 EPS.
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FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.58 per share on Thursday, October 19th. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 28th.
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FMC (NYSE:FMC) pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.16%. FMC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of FMC (NYSE:FMC) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Future of Food ETF (YUMY), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (MOO), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI), iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI) and First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG).

FMC announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, February 8th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 7.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

FMC updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.50 billion-$6.00 billion.

116 employees have rated FMC Chief Executive Officer Pierre Brondeau on Glassdoor.com. Pierre Brondeau has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Pierre Brondeau in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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FMC's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (8.72%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (4.01%), Morgan Stanley (2.26%), Boston Partners (1.90%), Northern Trust Corp (1.88%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew D Sandifer, Andrew D Sandifer, Carol Anthony Davidson, Eduardo E Cordeiro, Mark Douglas, Michael Finian Reilly, Nicholas Pfeiffer, Robert C Pallash and Ronaldo Pereira.
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