FMC (NYSE:FMC) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

FMC (NYSE:FMC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.050-0.150 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.790. The company issued revenue guidance of $750.0 million-$800.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $951.8 million. FMC also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.260-3.700 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FMC has been the topic of several research analyst reports. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of FMC from $75.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 20th. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of FMC from $55.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. KeyCorp cut 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. Bank of America reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $48.00 target price (down from $61.00) on shares of FMC in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays upgraded FMC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $65.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $57.62.

FMC Price Performance

FMC traded down $0.09 on Thursday, reaching $35.84. 5,224,754 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,696,891. FMC has a twelve month low of $34.00 and a twelve month high of $68.72. The stock has a market cap of $4.47 billion, a PE 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 stock’s fifty day moving average price is $52.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.69.

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 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%. Sell-side analysts expect that FMC will post 3.33 EPS for the current year.

FMC Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at FMC

In other news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the business’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 value of $270,245.43. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 28,649 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. The trade was a 13.65 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, 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 value of $163,429.50. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 25,468 shares in the company, valued at $1,407,107. This trade represents a 10.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 7,491 shares of company stock worth $433,898. 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.