Stocks · Basic Materials · Agricultural Inputs
FMC Corporation FMC
$8.44 -1.40% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.06B
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-22.02, down 2852.5% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -71.6% from 16.4% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -73.4%, behind the S&P 500 by 88.4 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 14%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 7%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginBottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 18%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 33%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 20%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -16.6% | -21.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -863.7% | -2852.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 35.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | -71.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -1.3% | 5.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -21.3% | -16.6% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -2852.5% | -863.7% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 39.2% | ↓ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | -71.6% | 16.4% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Net margin | -84.8% | 2.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.1% | -1.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -32.8% | — | Bottom 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -15.8% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -31.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -11.4 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 16.65%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.24%
- Shareholder yield
- 16.89%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +15.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.11
- Target vs current price
- +79.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 42
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 48%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +18.0% | -8.5% | -3.6% | +2.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +41.0% | -4.0% | -2.6% | -11.5% | -26.0% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -0.8% | +5.9% | -0.2% | -14.8% | -4.2% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +4.7% | -4.9% | -56.1% | -56.1% | -47.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +16.9% | -1.8% | -10.1% | -6.0% | -29.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +125.0% | +0.4% | -14.6% | -5.5% | +3.5% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +8.5% | -1.6% | -36.1% | -33.4% | -23.7% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +40.8% | -2.2% | +3.1% | -1.5% | -9.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.22 | +18.0% | $867.1M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -$0.23 | -$0.39 | +41.0% | $762.4M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.20 | $1.21 | -0.8% | $1.08B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.89 | $0.85 | +4.7% | $489.0M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.59 | +16.9% | $1.05B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.08 | +125.0% | $791.4M |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $1.79 | $1.65 | +8.5% | $1.22B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.69 | $0.49 | +40.8% | $1.07B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 6.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.50× | — | — | Top 39% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.65% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | -260.90% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.0× – 48.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -73.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -2852.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +738.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -21.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -36.1%
- RSI (14)
- 27.1
- Relative volume
- 1.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 87th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.95
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -73.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -87.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2022 | Oct 2, 2026 | -94.0% | 1117 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 | -28.2% | 153 days | 139 days (Mar 10, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.06B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$22.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.25B
- Dividend yield
- 3.79%
- 52-week range
- $8.33 – $32.34
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.05B | $5.80B | $4.49B | $4.25B | $3.47B |
| Gross profit | $2.19B | $2.39B | $1.91B | $1.58B | $1.28B |
| Operating income | $1.17B | $1.29B | $837.9M | $654.7M | -$1.89B |
| Net income | $739.6M | $736.5M | $1.32B | $339.9M | -$2.24B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.71 | $5.80 | $10.51 | $2.72 | -$17.88 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.07B | $1.22B | $791.4M | $1.05B | $489.0M | $1.14B | $758.6M | $867.1M |
| Net income | $64.8M | -$16.8M | -$15.5M | $66.7M | -$569.3M | -$1.72B | -$281.3M | -$186.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.52 | -$0.13 | -$0.12 | $0.53 | -$4.52 | -$13.77 | -$2.25 | -$1.48 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $820.1M | $582.4M | -$386.4M | $671.1M | -$80.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$100.1M | -$142.3M | -$133.9M | -$67.9M | -$96.3M |
| Free cash flow | $720.0M | $440.1M | -$520.3M | $603.2M | -$176.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$247.2M | -$267.5M | -$290.5M | -$290.6M | -$291.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$400.1M | -$99.5M | -$75.9M | -$2.1M | -$1.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $476.6M
- Total assets
- $9.14B
- Total liabilities
- $7.48B
- Total debt
- $4.28B
- Net debt
- $3.80B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.64B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.08 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.08 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.08 | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.08 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.58 | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.58 | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.58 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.58 | Jan 16, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 26,746,756
- Days to cover
- 8.08
- Change vs previous report
- -9.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 4, 2019
- 1,153-for-1,000
- May 25, 2012
- 2-for-1
- Sep 14, 2007
- 2-for-1
- May 29, 1986
- 5-for-1