FMC (FMC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FMC in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FMC shares.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for FMC's stock. Their FMC share price forecasts range from $71.00 to $159.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $115.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 71.9% from the stock's current price.
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FMC's stock was trading at $124.80 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FMC stock has decreased by 46.3% and is now trading at $66.97.
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FMC saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,080,000 shares, an increase of 43.3% from the August 15th total of 2,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 30th 2023.
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FMC will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 31st at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 929-458-6194 with passcode "203474".

FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.09. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. FMC had a net margin of 11.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.97%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 30.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.93 earnings per share.
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FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Thursday, October 19th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 28th.
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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 (NYSE:FMC) pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.46%. 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 47.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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FMC announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, February 8th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 7.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

FMC updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.71-$3.17 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.66 billion-$1.78 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FMC."

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One share of FMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.97.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) has a market capitalization of $8.35 billion and generates $5.80 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $731.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.91 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,600 workers across the globe.

FMC's mailing address is 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19104. The official website for the company is www.fmc.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (215) 299-6000, via email at michael.wherley@fmc.com, or via fax at 215-299-5998.