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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on FMC. Barclays raised shares of FMC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $65.00 target price on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. KeyCorp decreased their price objective on FMC from $79.00 to $69.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on FMC from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. UBS Group dropped their price objective on FMC from $75.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of FMC from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $63.00 to $61.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $63.75.

FMC Trading Down 1.7 %

Shares of NYSE FMC traded down $0.92 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $54.00. 4,028,292 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,559,641. FMC has a 12-month low of $47.71 and a 12-month high of $68.72. The firm has a market cap of $6.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.65, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $53.55 and a 200 day moving average price 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.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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, analysts expect that FMC will post 3.33 earnings per share for the current year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend 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

In other FMC news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the company’s 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 sale, the vice president now owns 28,649 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. This represents a 13.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of FMC stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.25, for a total transaction of $163,429.50. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 25,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,407,107. The trade was a 10.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 7,491 shares of company stock worth $433,898 in the last three months. 0.81% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

FMC Company Profile

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.