NYSE:FMC FMC (FMC) Stock Price, News & Analysis → Biden to Launch “FedNOW” [Move Your Money Now] (From Priority Gold) (Ad) Free FMC Stock Alerts $66.78 +5.80 (+9.51%) (As of 05/7/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$61.40▼$68.4750-Day Range$51.29▼$66.7852-Week Range$49.49▼$114.66Volume6.58 million shsAverage Volume1.98 million shsMarket Capitalization$8.34 billionP/E Ratio6.34Dividend Yield3.47%Price Target$71.88 Stock AnalysisStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability Get FMC alerts: Email Address FMC MarketRank™ Stock AnalysisAnalyst RatingHold2.24 Rating ScoreUpside/Downside7.6% Upside$71.88 Price TargetShort InterestBearish7.87% of Float Sold ShortDividend StrengthStrongBased on Four FactorsSustainability-14.61Upright™ Environmental ScoreNews Sentiment0.21Based on 37 Articles This WeekInsider TradingAcquiring Shares$127,323 Bought Last QuarterProj. Earnings Growth25.00%From $3.88 to $4.85 Per ShareSee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™New Rank-Based ScoringMarketRank™ is calculated by averaging available category scores (with extra weight given to analysis and valuation), then ranking the company's weighted average against that of other companies.4.17 out of 5 starsBasic Materials Sector10th out of 169 stocksChemicals & Allied Products Industry3rd out of 14 stocks 2.1 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingFMC has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.24, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Amount of Analyst CoverageFMC has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about FMC's stock forecast and price target. Previous Next 1.0 Short Interest Percentage of Shares Shorted7.87% of the float of FMC has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverFMC has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.7.Change versus previous monthShort interest in FMC has recently increased by 12.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipFMC is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.75%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthFMC does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of FMC is 22.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.84% next year. This indicates that FMC will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about FMC's dividend. Previous Next 0.0 Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreFMC has received a -133.36% net impact score from Upright. The largest negative impact of Fmc in category "Biodiversity" seems to be driven mostly by its "Anti-sprouting products", "Synthetic herbicides", and "Synthetic fumigants" products. See details.Environmental SustainabilityThe Environmental Impact score for FMC is -14.61. Previous Next 2.9 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentFMC has a news sentiment score of 0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.41 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 37 news articles for FMC this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.Search Interest24 people have searched for FMC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 14% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows17 people have added FMC to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous 30 days. Previous Next 3.3 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, FMC insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $127,323.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.81% of the stock of FMC is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions91.86% of the stock of FMC is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about FMC's insider trading history. Previous Next 3.1 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for FMC are expected to grow by 25.00% in the coming year, from $3.88 to $4.85 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of FMC is 6.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 142.88.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of FMC is 6.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 145.62.Price to Earnings Growth RatioFMC has a PEG Ratio of 1.99. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioFMC has a P/B Ratio of 1.88. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about FMC's valuation and earnings. 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The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Read More FMC Stock Price History View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart FMC Stock News HeadlinesMay 1, 2024 | marketbeat.comGoldman Boosted FMC Stock's Price Targets, Setting Up a BreakoutThe first quarter of the 2024 earnings season has kicked off. While markets focus primarily on financial stocks to lead the way into the new year, others focus on more immediate opportunities based on economic trends that have already started to take on water.May 1, 2024 | marketbeat.comGoldman Boosted FMC Stock’s Price Targets, Setting Up a Breakout (FMC)FMC stock is now a top pick for Wall Street analysts, with EPS projections and price targets driving the company's potential double-digit run higher this cycleMay 8, 2024 | InvestorPlace (Ad)The Next Nvidia?The Next Nvidia? Wall Street legend has just uncovered one tiny Maryland company that could become the next Nvidia. Few in the media are talking about this story yet… but in the next 6 months that’s all they’ll talk about.April 22, 2024 | marketbeat.com3 Value Stocks Buffett Wishes He Could Buy (FMC)Three stocks stand out as would-be Buffett names, if it weren't for their smaller sizes. Still proposing decent upside and high profits, they make bargain namesApril 22, 2024 | marketbeat.com3 Value Stocks Buffett Wishes He Could BuyThe retail investor has one undeniable advantage over Wall Street's professionals. The big guys need to show quarterly returns; otherwise, no performance fees can be collected.May 8, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comFMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from BrokeragesMay 8, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comQ1 2024 FMC Corp Earnings CallMay 8, 2024 | americanbankingnews.comFMC (NYSE:FMC) Trading 7% Higher on Better-Than-Expected EarningsMay 8, 2024 | InvestorPlace (Ad)The Next Nvidia?The Next Nvidia? Wall Street legend has just uncovered one tiny Maryland company that could become the next Nvidia. Few in the media are talking about this story yet… but in the next 6 months that’s all they’ll talk about.May 7, 2024 | benzinga.comFMC Stock (NYSE:FMC), Quotes and News SummaryMay 7, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.comThe Analyst Verdict: FMC In The Eyes Of 6 ExpertsMay 7, 2024 | markets.businessinsider.comFMC Corp. Q1 Earnings SummaryMay 7, 2024 | msn.comFMC Non-GAAP EPS of $0.36 beats by $0.02, revenue of $918M misses by $92MMay 7, 2024 | msn.comFMC Stock Earnings: FMC Beats EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024May 6, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comFMC Corp swings to loss in first quarter, clouded by low demandMay 6, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comFMC Corp (FMC) Q1 2024 Earnings: Navigating Challenges with Strategic FocusMay 6, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comStrategic Shifts in Tweedy Browne's Portfolio Highlight FMC Corp's Significant ReductionMay 6, 2024 | prnewswire.comFMC Corporation delivers first quarter earnings at higher end of guidance range, maintains full-year outlookMay 6, 2024 | msn.comHow To Earn $500 A Month From FMC Stock Ahead Of Q1 EarningsMay 5, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comFMC (NYSE:FMC) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of $0.58May 3, 2024 | msn.comJob racketeering: FMC Keffi sacks 2 staff, suspends othersMay 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comFMC Corp (FMC) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?May 2, 2024 | financialpost.comFMC GlobalSat Acquires 100% of Anuvu’s Maritime, Enterprise and Government connectivity businessesMay 2, 2024 | msn.comJulie Chrisley Served Legal Papers Over Son Grayson's 2022 Car Crash While Locked Up at Kentucky PrisonMay 2, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comSEKO Logistics Welcomes Ursula Wallace as Director, Ocean Product North AmericaMay 2, 2024 | gurufocus.comQ1 2024 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Earnings Call TranscriptMay 1, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comIndustry Veteran Chris Turner Joins Pivot Bio as Chief Commercial OfficerSee More Headlines Receive FMC Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for FMC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Company Calendar Ex-Dividend for 4/18 Dividend3/27/2024Dividend Payable4/18/2024Last Earnings5/06/2024Today5/08/2024Next Earnings (Estimated)8/07/2024Fiscal Year End12/31/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorBasic Materials Industry Chemicals & allied products Sub-IndustryDiversified Chemicals Current SymbolNYSE:FMC CUSIP30249130 CIK37785 Webwww.fmc.com Phone(215) 299-6000Fax215-299-5998Employees6,600Year Founded1883Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$71.88 High Stock Price Target$101.00 Low Stock Price Target$56.00 Potential Upside/Downside+7.4%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.24 Research Coverage17 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$10.53 Trailing P/E Ratio6.34 Forward P/E Ratio17.21 P/E Growth1.99Net Income$1.32 billion Net Margins29.45% Pretax Margin6.69% Return on Equity12.98% Return on Assets4.08% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.68 Current Ratio1.52 Quick Ratio1.01 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$4.49 billion Price / Sales1.86 Cash Flow$5.70 per share Price / Cash Flow11.71 Book Value$35.53 per share Price / Book1.88Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares124,820,000Free Float123,806,000Market Cap$8.34 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.88 Social Links Metaverse Stocks And Why You Can't Ignore ThemThinking about investing in Meta, Roblox, or Unity? Click the link to learn what streetwise investors need to know about the metaverse and public markets before making an investment.Get This Free Report Key ExecutivesMr. Mark A. Douglas (Age 62)President, CEO & Director Comp: $2.41MMr. Andrew D. Sandifer (Age 54)Executive VP & CFO Comp: $1.24MMr. Michael Finian Reilly (Age 60)Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary Comp: $801.36kMs. Jacqueline D. Scanlan (Age 50)Executive VP & Chief HR Officer Comp: $598.87kMr. Ronaldo Pereira (Age 51)Executive VP & President of FMC Americas Comp: $865.73kMr. Barry J. CrawfordVice President of OperationsMr. Nicholas L. PfeifferVP, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting OfficerMr. Seva Rostovtsev Ph.D. (Age 49)Executive VP & CTO Mr. David A. KotchVP & Chief Information OfficerMr. Curt BrooksDirector of Investor RelationsMore ExecutivesKey CompetitorsOlinNYSE:OLNHuntsmanNYSE:HUNBalchemNASDAQ:BCPCAshlandNYSE:ASHChemoursNYSE:CCView All CompetitorsInsiders & InstitutionsOppenheimer Asset Management Inc.Bought 10,694 shares on 5/7/2024Ownership: 0.066%Cove Street Capital LLCBought 4,921 shares on 5/7/2024Ownership: 0.028%Empowered Funds LLCBought 6,430 shares on 5/7/2024Ownership: 0.024%Sciencast Management LPSold 8,943 shares on 5/7/2024Ownership: 0.011%Meeder Asset Management Inc.Bought 1,107 shares on 5/7/2024Ownership: 0.001%View All Insider TransactionsView All Institutional Transactions FMC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions Should I buy or sell FMC stock right now? 17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FMC in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 5 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. View FMC analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks. What is FMC's stock price target for 2024? 17 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for FMC's shares. Their FMC share price targets range from $56.00 to $101.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $71.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for FMC or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts. How have FMC shares performed in 2024? FMC's stock was trading at $63.05 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, FMC shares have increased by 5.9% and is now trading at $66.78. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. Are investors shorting FMC? FMC saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,760,000 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the March 31st total of 8,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Currently, 7.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View FMC's Short Interest. When is FMC's next earnings date? The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2024. View our FMC earnings forecast. How were FMC's earnings last quarter? FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) posted its earnings results on Monday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $918 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. FMC had a net margin of 29.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.98%. FMC's revenue was down 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.77 earnings per share. How often does FMC pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for FMC? FMC announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Thursday, July 18th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. Read our dividend analysis for FMC. Is FMC a good dividend stock? FMC (NYSE:FMC) pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.75%. The dividend payout ratio is 22.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Read our dividend analysis for FMC. What ETFs hold FMC's stock? ETFs with the largest weight of FMC (NYSE:FMC) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), Global X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF (KROP), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM), Brookstone Dividend Stock ETF (BAMD), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (MOO) and First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI). What guidance has FMC issued on next quarter's earnings? FMC issued an update on its second quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.430-0.720 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion. What is Pierre Brondeau's approval rating as FMC's CEO? 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. What other stocks do shareholders of FMC own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other FMC investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Albemarle (ALB), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS) and PayPal (PYPL). Who are FMC's major shareholders? FMC's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tweedy Browne Co LLC (2.01%), New South Capital Management Inc. (0.41%), Swiss National Bank (0.30%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.28%), Van ECK Associates Corp (0.21%) and Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. (0.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew D Sandifer, Andrew D Sandifer, Carol Anthony Davidson, Mark Douglas, Michael Finian Reilly, Nicholas Pfeiffer, Robert C Pallash and Ronaldo Pereira. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of FMC? Shares of FMC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. Compare Top Brokerages Here. Does FMC have any subsidiaries? The following companies are subsidiares of FMC: BioPhero ApS, Cheminova A/S, Cheminova A/S, Cheminova India Limited, Epax AS, FMC (Shanghai) Agricultural Sciences Co. Ltd., FMC Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd., FMC Agricultural Products International AG, FMC Agro Singapore Pte. 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