FMC (NYSE:FMC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

FMC (NYSE:FMC) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.260-3.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.360. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.2 billion-$4.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.4 billion. FMC also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.050-0.150 EPS.

FMC Price Performance

Shares of FMC traded down $0.92 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $54.00. The stock had a trading volume of 4,028,292 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,559,641. The business has a fifty day moving average of $53.55 and a 200 day moving average of $58.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.48. The firm has a market cap of $6.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.65, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.84. FMC has a 12 month low of $47.71 and a 12 month high of $68.72.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.14. FMC had a net margin of 34.93% and a return on equity of 7.68%. Equities analysts predict that FMC will post 3.33 EPS for the current year.

FMC Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.30%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. FMC’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FMC has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. KeyCorp dropped their price target on FMC from $79.00 to $69.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of FMC from $75.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Mizuho decreased their price target on shares of FMC from $70.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays raised shares of FMC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $65.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on FMC from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $63.75.

Insider Activity

In other FMC news, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.25, for a total value of $163,429.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 25,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,407,107. The trade was a 10.41 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.67, for a total value of $270,245.43. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 28,649 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. This trade represents a 13.65 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 7,491 shares of company stock valued at $433,898 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.

About FMC

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control.