FMC - FMC Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FMC in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" FMC shares.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for FMC's stock. Their FMC share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $159.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $144.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.2% from the stock's current price.
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FMC's stock was trading at $124.80 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, FMC shares have decreased by 6.3% and is now trading at $116.96.
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FMC saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,340,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the January 31st total of 1,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 742,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.1% 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 Monday, May 1st 2023.
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FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 8th. The basic materials company reported $2.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.32 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $1.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.53 billion. FMC had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.29% and a net margin of 12.69%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.16 earnings per share.
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FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.58 per share on Thursday, April 20th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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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), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (MOO), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI), BlackRock Future Climate and Sustainable Economy ETF (BECO), 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 1.95%. 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 39.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.89% 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 approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, February 8th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 7.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

FMC issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.20-$8.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.37. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.08 billion-$6.22 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.03 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."

FMC's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.27%), Boston Partners (2.08%), Morgan Stanley (2.03%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.03%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.51%) and Norges Bank (1.37%). 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 and Ronaldo Pereira.
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Shares of FMC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.96.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) has a market capitalization of $14.64 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 $5.82 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.