Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Updates for FMC (FMC)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for FMC (NYSE: FMC):

• 2/22/2025 – FMC was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/18/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $55.00 to $51.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – FMC was downgraded by analysts at Redburn Atlantic from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $49.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – FMC was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/7/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $65.00 to $48.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/7/2025 – FMC was downgraded by analysts at UBS Group AG from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $38.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $66.00.
• 2/6/2025 – FMC was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 2/5/2025 – FMC had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Bank of America Co.. They now have a $48.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $61.00.
• 2/5/2025 – FMC was downgraded by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating. They now have a $47.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $78.00.
• 2/5/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $62.00 to $50.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 2/5/2025 – FMC was upgraded by analysts at Vertical Research to a “hold” rating.
• 2/5/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $70.00 to $46.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – FMC had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $55.00 to $61.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – FMC was upgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $65.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/14/2025 – FMC was upgraded by analysts at Bank of America Co. from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $61.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $63.00.
• 1/7/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at Mizuho from $70.00 to $55.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/2/2025 – FMC had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $79.00 to $69.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

FMC Trading Down 0.7 %

NYSE FMC traded down $0.28 on Monday, reaching $37.97. The company had a trading volume of 1,343,028 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,966,948. FMC Co. has a 52 week low of $33.80 and a 52 week high of $68.72. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $47.97 and its 200-day moving average is $56.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The stock has a market cap of $4.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.96, a PEG ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 0.84.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.65 by $0.14. FMC had a return on equity of 9.67% and a net margin of 8.03%. Equities analysts predict that FMC Co. will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

FMC Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.58 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.11%. FMC’s dividend payout ratio is 85.29%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Michael Finian Reilly sold 2,958 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 25,468 shares in the company, valued at $1,407,107. The trade was a 10.41 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.85% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp boosted its position in FMC by 27.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,271,760 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $417,151,000 after buying an additional 1,343,615 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in FMC in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $49,888,000. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 37.8% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,559,107 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $173,008,000 after purchasing an additional 977,110 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in FMC by 44.8% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,286,177 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $111,131,000 after purchasing an additional 707,727 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of FMC by 48.9% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,088,235 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $101,509,000 after purchasing an additional 685,995 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.86% of the company’s stock.

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.