Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (FMS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 7 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FMS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FMS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's shares. Their FMS share price forecasts range from $11.70 to $51.80. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $28.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price.
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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's stock was trading at $16.34 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FMS stock has increased by 39.4% and is now trading at $22.78.
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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,510,000 shares, a drop of 7.9% from the April 30th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 900,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.55. The firm had revenue of $5.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.37 billion. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA had a net margin of 3.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.44%.

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA announced an annual dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.7086 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a yield of 2.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 17th.
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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.89%. The dividend payout ratio is 39.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMS will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FMS."

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pzena Investment Management LLC (3.41%), Dodge & Cox (0.72%), Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (0.13%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.12%), BlackRock Inc. (0.08%) and Two Sigma Advisers LP (0.04%).

Shares of FMS 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 FMS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.78.

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS) has a market capitalization of $13.37 billion and generates $20.44 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $709.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.06 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,235 workers across the globe.

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's mailing address is ELSE-KROENER STRASSE 1, BAD HOMBURG 2M, 61352. The official website for the company is www.freseniusmedicalcare.com. The company can be reached via phone at (496) 172-6090, via email at ir@fmc-ag.com, or via fax at 49-6172-609-2301.