Seaport Res Ptn Issues Negative Outlook for FMC Earnings

FMC Co. (NYSE:FMC) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of FMC in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.92 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.97. The consensus estimate for FMC’s current full-year earnings is $3.48 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of FMC from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 22nd. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of FMC from $70.00 to $46.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Redburn Atlantic cut shares of FMC from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $49.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 14th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of FMC from $55.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their price target on shares of FMC from $55.00 to $51.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, FMC has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $52.23.

FMC Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of FMC stock opened at $41.31 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.24. FMC has a 1 year low of $33.80 and a 1 year high of $68.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.19, a PEG ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 0.93.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.14. FMC had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 9.67%.

Institutional Trading of FMC

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new stake in FMC during the fourth quarter valued at about $5,379,000. Employees Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in shares of FMC by 18.4% during the fourth quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas now owns 90,210 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $4,385,000 after acquiring an additional 14,030 shares during the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of FMC during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,962,000. Ascent Group LLC raised its stake in shares of FMC by 34.9% during the fourth quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 4,842 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $235,000 after acquiring an additional 1,253 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of FMC by 154.3% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 49,292 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,396,000 after acquiring an additional 29,908 shares during the last quarter. 91.86% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other FMC news, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 23rd. The shares were 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Ronaldo Pereira purchased 5,600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 4th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $35.77 per share, with a total value of $200,312.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 48,837 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,746,899.49. This trade represents a 12.95 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 0.85% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

FMC Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a $0.58 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.62%. FMC’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 85.29%.

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.