FMC Corporation is in the basic materials sector and agriculture industry. The company CEO is Pierre R. Brondeau.
FMC Corp is a diversified chemical company that serves agricultural, consumer and industrial markets internationally with solutions, applications and products. It also produces health and nutrition products, as well as lithium derivatives.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The FMC stock showed a previous change of 0.79% with an open at 84.88 and a close of 85.42. It reached an intraday high of 85.87 and a low of 84.83.
Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $11.5b with 134.6m shares outstanding, of which the float is 133.2m shares. Trading volume reached 916,357 shares compared to its average volume of 923,895 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, FMC Corporation shares returned 4.04% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -2.70%. Over three months, it changed -3.43%. In one year it has changed -5.78% and within that year its 52-week high was 98.70 and its 52-week low was 72.73. FMC stock is 17.45% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 86.53 and a 50 day moving average of 86.45. Currently FMC stock is trading -1.28% below its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy, but should check other indicators to confirm a buy signal.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 3.99 that ended on 31st of December 2017, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 21.41. Based on 6 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.71. The TTM EPS is 5.42, which comes to a TTM PE of 15.76. Historically, the PE high was 61.60 and the PE low was 8.90. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 48.24, which is a decrease of -43.53%.
The following are the last four quarter reported earnings per share:
06-30-2018: 1.78
03-31-2018: 1.84
12-31-2017: 1.10
09-30-2017: 0.70
The dividend per share is currently 0.66, which is a dividend yield of 0.77%. Also, the payout ratio is 12.18%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Invest Wisely
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 63.04, which means it may be overvalued by -35.50%
Indicators to Watch:
Based on the latest filings, there is 1.00% of insider ownership and 86.50% of institutional ownership. Short-interest is 3,977,782, which is 2.95% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio is 4.05. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 1.60
Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 39.17%, return on assets is 12.49%, profit margin is 24.13%, price-to-sales is 2.78 and price-to-book is 3.84.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
0 :Valuation Score
3 :Past Performance Score
2 :Financial Strength Score
4 :Future Growth Score
1 :Dividend Score
2 :Overall Score
