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FMC Corporation (FMC) is a leading agricultural inputs business based in the US. It opened the day at $116.85 after a previous close of $117.66. During the day the price has varied from a low of $115.94 to a high of $118.22. The latest price was $116.43 (25 minute delay). FMC Corporation is listed on the NYSE and employs 6,400 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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- Can I buy shares in FMC Corporation?
- Has coronavirus impacted FMC Corporation shares?
- FMC Corporation shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is FMC Corporation stock a buy or sell?
- FMC Corporation performance over time
- Can I short FMC Corporation shares?
- Is FMC Corporation suitable for ethical investing?
- Are FMC Corporation shares over-valued?
- FMC Corporation's financials
- How volatile are FMC Corporation shares?
- Does FMC Corporation pay a dividend?
- Have FMC Corporation shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has Coronavirus impacted FMC Corporation's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, FMC Corporation's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was $107.87, which is 1.20% up on its pre-crash value of $106.58 and 90.01% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $56.77.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of FMC Corporation shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $657.20 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $1,104.59.
FMC Corporation share price
Use our graph to track the performance of FMC stocks over time.FMC Corporation shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-12-11.
| Open | $116.85 |
|---|---|
| High | $118.22 |
| Low | $115.94 |
| Close | $116.43 |
| Previous close | $117.66 |
| Change | $-1.23 |
| Change % | -1.045% |
| Volume | 798,117 |
Information last updated 2020-12-27.
| 52-week range | $55.9543 - $122.29 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $114.9397 |
| 200-day moving average | $107.9131 |
| Wall St. target price | $129.14 |
| PE ratio | 29.9398 |
| Dividend yield | $1.92 (1.68%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.822 |
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Is it a good time to buy FMC Corporation stock?
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FMC Corporation price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $116.43
| 1 week (2021-01-08) | -3.84% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-12-18) | 0.67% |
| 3 months (2020-10-16) | 6.90% |
| 6 months (2020-07-17) | 9.35% |
| 1 year (2020-01-17) | 16.43% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-01-17) | 69.03% |
| 3 years (2018-01-17) | 43.03% |
| 5 years (2016-01-15) | 283.12% |
Is FMC Corporation under- or over-valued?
Valuing FMC Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of FMC Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
FMC Corporation's P/E ratio
FMC Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, FMC Corporation shares trade at around 30x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
FMC Corporation's PEG ratio
FMC Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.5119. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into FMC Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
FMC Corporation's EBITDA
FMC Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.3 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a FMC Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
FMC Corporation financials
| Revenue TTM | $4.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 23.91% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.16% |
| Return on equity TTM | 20.21% |
| Profit margin | 10.64% |
| Book value | $22.692 |
| Market capitalisation | $14.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell FMC Corporation shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "FMC.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 1.0 million FMC Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as FMC Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 8.9% up from 942,319 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting FMC Corporation shares can be evaluated.
FMC Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
FMC Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of FMC Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of FMC Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 589525.86206897). FMC Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.74. In other words for every 100,000 FMC Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1740 shares are currently held short.
However FMC Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of FMC Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable FMC Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case FMC Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 FMC Corporation shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0089% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable FMC Corporation shares, roughly 9 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against FMC Corporation.
Find out more about how you can short FMC Corporation stock.
FMC Corporation's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like FMC Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
FMC Corporation's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 38.92
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and FMC Corporation's overall score of 38.92 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 82nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like FMC Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
FMC Corporation's environmental score
Environmental score: 16.83/100
FMC Corporation's social score
Social score: 11.54/100
FMC Corporation's governance score
Governance score: 5.55/100
FMC Corporation's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, FMC Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that FMC Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
FMC Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 38.92 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 81.84 |
| Environmental score | 16.83 |
| Social score | 11.54 |
| Governance score | 5.55 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
FMC Corporation share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 27.52% of net profits
Recently FMC Corporation has paid out, on average, around 27.52% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.68% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), FMC Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 1.68% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In FMC Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.92 per share.
While FMC Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that FMC Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
FMC Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 21 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have FMC Corporation's shares ever split?
FMC Corporation's shares were split on a 1153:1000 basis on 4 March 2019. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1153 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your FMC Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 13.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for FMC Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted FMC Corporation's share price.
FMC Corporation share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, FMC Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $55.9543 up to $122.29. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while FMC Corporation's is 1.031. This would suggest that FMC Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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FMC Corporation overview
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. The company develop, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals, which include insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides that are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. It also offers biologicals products, such as bionematicides under the Quartzo and Presence names. The company sells herbicides under the Authority, Boral, Centium, Command, and Gamit brands; and insecticides under the Talstar and Hero brands. It sells its products through independent distributors and co-ops, and national and regional distributors, as well as sells directly to growers. The company operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. FMC Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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