Analysts Set Expectations for FMC’s Q3 Earnings (NYSE:FMC)

FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of FMC in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, October 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.87 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.92. The consensus estimate for FMC’s current full-year earnings is $3.48 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for FMC’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.72 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.15 EPS.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $995.15 million. FMC had a return on equity of 9.36% and a net margin of 2.42%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.63 EPS. FMC has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.780-0.980 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.260-3.700 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America upgraded FMC from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $37.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on FMC from $46.00 to $42.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Mizuho reduced their price target on FMC from $49.00 to $39.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Barclays cut their target price on FMC from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on FMC from $50.00 to $41.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $43.08.

FMC Stock Performance

FMC opened at $29.57 on Monday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $35.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $38.46. The company has a market capitalization of $3.69 billion, a PE ratio of 36.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.76. FMC has a 1 year low of $28.80 and a 1 year high of $67.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 1.14.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On FMC

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 286.0% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,494,377 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $189,618,000 after buying an additional 3,329,974 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 1,199.9% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,621,496 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $151,071,000 after buying an additional 3,342,888 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 20.0% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,743,271 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $115,736,000 after buying an additional 457,094 shares in the last quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 22.7% during the 1st quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 2,284,267 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $96,373,000 after buying an additional 423,210 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of FMC by 9.8% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,641,657 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $69,274,000 after buying an additional 146,048 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.86% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at FMC

In other news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 3,790 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.00, for a total transaction of $128,860.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 33,044 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,123,496. The trade was a 10.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.67% 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.