FMC (NYSE:FMC) Releases 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 (EPS) guidance of 0.050-0.150 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

FMC Stock Down 1.7 %

FMC traded down $0.92 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $54.00. 4,028,292 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,559,641. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.48. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $53.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.88. The company has a market cap of $6.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.84. FMC has a one year low of $47.71 and a one year high of $68.72.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share (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%. As a group, analysts expect that FMC will post 3.33 EPS for the current year.

FMC Announces Dividend

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 $0.58 dividend. This represents a $2.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. FMC’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.97%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp reduced their target price on FMC from $79.00 to $69.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Mizuho reduced their target price on FMC from $70.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on FMC from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Bank of America upgraded FMC from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $63.00 to $61.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Barclays upgraded FMC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $65.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $63.75.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 4,529 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the vice president now owns 28,649 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,709,485.83. This represents a 13.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 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 transaction of $163,429.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 25,468 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,407,107. The trade was a 10.41 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 7,491 shares of company stock worth $433,898 over the last 90 days. Corporate 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.