Fomento Económico Mexicano - FMX Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fomento Económico Mexicano in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" FMX shares.
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7 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Fomento Económico Mexicano's stock. Their FMX share price forecasts range from $68.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $84.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.2% from the stock's current price.
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Fomento Económico Mexicano's stock was trading at $77.71 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, FMX stock has decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $66.60.
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Fomento Económico Mexicano saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,270,000 shares, an increase of 20.1% from the July 15th total of 1,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 605,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:FMX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.33. The business had revenue of $6.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.26 billion. Fomento Económico Mexicano had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.84% and a net margin of 5.35%.

Fomento Económico Mexicano declared a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, April 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.8483 per share on Monday, May 16th. This represents a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 3rd. This is an increase from the stock's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.57.
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Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.50%. The dividend payout ratio is 35.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FMX will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.42% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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49 employees have rated Fomento Económico Mexicano Chief Executive Officer José A. Fernández Carbajal on Glassdoor.com. José A. Fernández Carbajal has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts José A. Fernández Carbajal in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Fomento Económico Mexicano trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FMX."

Fomento Económico Mexicano's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include abrdn plc (1.21%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.11%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (0.56%), Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. (0.56%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.50%) and Black Creek Investment Management Inc. (0.40%).

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One share of FMX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $66.60.

Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) has a market capitalization of $23.83 billion and generates $27.44 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.60 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 320,752 workers across the globe.

Fomento Económico Mexicano was founded in 1993.

Fomento Económico Mexicano's mailing address is GENE COLONIA BELLA VISTARAL ANAYA NO 601 PTE, MONTERREY N.L. O5, 64410. The official website for the company is www.femsa.com. The company can be reached via phone at 528183286000, via email at investor@femsa.com, or via fax at 01 81 83286080.