FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the sixteen ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $26.4615.

Several analysts have recently weighed in on FMC shares. Mizuho decreased their price objective on FMC from $30.00 to $24.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 15th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of FMC from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on shares of FMC from $43.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 3rd. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of FMC in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of FMC from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $37.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th.

FMC Stock Performance

NYSE FMC opened at $14.32 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $14.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $29.70. FMC has a 52-week low of $12.17 and a 52-week high of $57.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 0.65.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.04. FMC had a negative net margin of 14.81% and a positive return on equity of 10.40%. The business had revenue of $542.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.69 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 49.1% on a year-over-year basis. FMC has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.140-1.360 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 2.920-3.140 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that FMC will post 3.48 EPS for the current year.

FMC Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be paid a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 31st. FMC’s dividend payout ratio is currently -7.55%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director John Mitchell Raines bought 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 13th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $13.77 per share, for a total transaction of $96,390.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 13,784 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $189,805.68. This represents a 103.18% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.67% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of FMC by 180.1% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 815 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 524 shares during the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in FMC in the first quarter valued at about $74,000. Armistice Capital LLC bought a new stake in FMC during the third quarter worth about $204,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of FMC by 16.7% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,956 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $207,000 after buying an additional 711 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of FMC by 201.2% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,076 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $212,000 after buying an additional 3,391 shares in the last quarter. 91.86% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

FMC Company Profile

FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company specializing in the development, manufacture and marketing of crop protection products. Its portfolio includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and plant nutrition solutions designed to enhance crop yield, quality and sustainability. In addition to core crop protection, FMC delivers solutions for turf management and pest control in urban and industrial environments.

Founded in 1883 as the Bean Spray Pump Company and later known as Food Machinery Corporation, the business adopted the FMC name in 1948 and has since evolved through strategic acquisitions and divestitures.