NYSE:FMC - FMC Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Thursday, January 16th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from FMC's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. View FMC's Dividend History.

FMC announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share 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 purchase up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.14. The basic materials company had revenue of $1,000 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $978.47 million. FMC had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 27.94%. FMC's quarterly revenue was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.98 EPS. View FMC's Earnings History.

FMC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for FMC.

FMC will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th 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 fourth quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.46-$1.56 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.58. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.17-$1.21 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.18 billion.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for FMC's stock. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $118.00. On average, they expect FMC's stock price to reach $101.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for FMC.

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

Press coverage about FMC stock has been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FMC earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for FMC.

FMC saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,510,000 shares, a decline of 12.8% from the November 28th total of 2,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 903,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View FMC's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to FMC include PPG Industries (PPG), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), Olin (OLN) and LSB Industries (LXU).

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

FMC's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.26%), Jones Financial Companies Lllp (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.05%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%). 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, First National Bank of Omaha, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tributary Capital Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Ferris Capital LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and Huntington National Bank. 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 $97.04.

FMC has a market capitalization of $12.58 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]