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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FMC has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. KeyCorp dropped their target price on shares of FMC from $79.00 to $69.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. UBS Group reduced their target price on FMC from $75.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Citigroup increased their price target on FMC from $55.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. 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 research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of FMC from $70.00 to $46.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $57.62.

FMC Price Performance

NYSE:FMC traded down $0.09 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $35.84. 5,224,754 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,696,891. The company has a market capitalization of $4.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 3.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The business has a 50 day moving average of $52.96 and a 200 day moving average of $58.69. FMC has a 1-year low of $34.00 and a 1-year high of $68.72.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating 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%. Research analysts forecast that FMC will post 3.33 EPS for the current year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.58 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.47%. FMC’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 19.97%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of the 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 transaction, the executive vice president now owns 25,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,407,107. This represents a 10.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.67, for a total transaction of $270,245.43. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now owns 28,649 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. The trade was a 13.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 7,491 shares of company stock worth $433,898 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.

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.