NYSE:FMC - FMC Stock Price, News & Analysis

FMC trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FMC."

FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Thursday, October 17th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 27th. View FMC's Dividend History.

FMC declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, December 3rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.63 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.20 billion. FMC had a net margin of 10.65% and a return on equity of 27.33%. The firm's revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.78 earnings per share. View FMC's Earnings History.

FMC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for FMC.

FMC will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

FMC updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.68-5.88 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.5-4.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.53 billion.

14 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for FMC's shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $112.00. On average, they expect FMC's share price to reach $98.6154 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for FMC.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FMC in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for FMC.

News articles about FMC stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. FMC earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for FMC.

FMC saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,757,100 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the July 31st total of 2,530,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View FMC's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other FMC investors own include Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), Albemarle (ALB), Boeing (BA), General Electric (GE), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

FMC's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.31%), BlackRock Inc. (6.95%), BlackRock Inc. (6.95%), Boston Partners (3.86%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (2.21%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.93%). Company insiders that own FMC stock include Andrea E Utecht, Dirk A Kempthorne, Eduardo E Cordeiro, Mark Douglas, Nicholas Pfeiffer, Paul W Graves, Pierre R Brondeau and Robert C Pallash. View Institutional Ownership Trends for FMC.

FMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Holocene Advisors LP, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Northern Trust Corp, Foresters Investment Management Company Inc., Robecosam AG and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold FMC company stock in the last year include Andrea E Utecht, Mark Douglas, Nicholas Pfeiffer, Pierre R Brondeau and Robert C Pallash. View Insider Buying and Selling for FMC.

FMC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Todd Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought FMC stock in the last two years include Dirk A Kempthorne, Eduardo E Cordeiro and Mark Douglas. View Insider Buying and Selling for FMC.

Shares of FMC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.09.

FMC has a market capitalization of $11.88 billion and generates $4.73 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $502.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.29 on an earnings per share basis. FMC employs 7,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About FMC.

The official website for FMC is http://www.fmc.com/.

FMC's mailing address is 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19104. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 215-299-6000 or via email at [email protected]