FMC (NYSE:FMC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

FMC (NYSE:FMC) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. 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.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on the company. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on FMC from $79.00 to $69.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on FMC from $55.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Barclays upgraded FMC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $65.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Royal Bank of Canada downgraded FMC from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $78.00 to $47.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Bank of America upgraded FMC from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $63.00 to $61.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $60.92.

FMC Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of FMC opened at $54.00 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.84. FMC has a 1 year low of $47.71 and a 1 year high of $68.72. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.09.

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

FMC Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $0.58 dividend. 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%.

Insider Buying and Selling at FMC

In related news, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $55.25, for a total transaction of $163,429.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 25,468 shares in the company, valued at $1,407,107. This represents a 10.41 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.67, for a total value of $270,245.43. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 28,649 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. This trade represents a 13.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 7,491 shares of company stock valued at $433,898 in the last quarter. 0.81% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.