FMC Corp (NYSE: FMC): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

FMC Corp (FMC) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $35.66, with 8.52 million shares of worth about $303.66 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -41.74% during that period and on February 06, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.72%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 124.84M shares, out of which, 123.99M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -36.75% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -28.21%. Year-to-date (YTD), FMC shares are showing a performance of -26.64% which decreased to -40.98% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $34.00 but also hit the highest price of $68.72 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for FMC Corp shares is 1.89 million. The stock is currently trading -31.90% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -32.97% for SMA50 and it goes to -39.45% lower than SMA200.

FMC Corp (NYSE: FMC) currently have 124.84M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 93.16% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $4.45B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.91. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 13.15, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.71 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.32 and has Quick Ratio of 1.24 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for FMC, volatility over the week remained 4.39% while standing at 2.94% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 6.14% while it is estimated to increase by 20.49% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 9.95% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -5.46% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by RBC Capital Mkts on February 05, 2025 offering a Sector perform rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $78 and $47 to it. Coverage by Barclays stated FMC Corp (FMC) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on January 21, 2025, suggesting a price target of $65 for the stock. On January 14, 2025, BofA Securities Upgrade their recommendations, while on October 23, 2024, Citigroup Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $67. Stock get an Equal weight rating from Barclays on June 26, 2024.

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