Trexquant Investment LP Acquires 32,922 Shares of FMC Corporation $FMC

Trexquant Investment LP raised its holdings in FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC - Free Report) by 35.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 124,886 shares of the basic materials company's stock after acquiring an additional 32,922 shares during the period. Trexquant Investment LP owned about 0.10% of FMC worth $5,269,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new position in FMC in the first quarter valued at about $346,000. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp grew its holdings in shares of FMC by 1,633.9% during the first quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 74,695 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $3,151,000 after purchasing an additional 70,387 shares during the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of FMC by 1,113.7% during the first quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 193,545 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $8,166,000 after purchasing an additional 177,598 shares during the last quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of FMC by 35.6% during the first quarter. Redwood Investment Management LLC now owns 44,355 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,871,000 after purchasing an additional 11,637 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL grew its holdings in shares of FMC by 52.5% during the first quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 46,750 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,972,000 after purchasing an additional 16,100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.86% of the company's stock.

FMC Price Performance

FMC stock opened at $39.05 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.81, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 0.76. FMC Corporation has a 52-week low of $32.83 and a 52-week high of $67.75. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $40.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $39.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.53.

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FMC (NYSE:FMC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $995.15 million. FMC had a return on equity of 9.36% and a net margin of 2.42%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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. On average, equities analysts predict that FMC Corporation will post 3.48 earnings per share for the current year.

FMC Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.58 per share. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.9%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. FMC's dividend payout ratio is presently 290.00%.

Insider Activity

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In other FMC news, VP Jacqueline Scanlan sold 1,510 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.49, for a total transaction of $56,609.90. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 36,834 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,380,906.66. This represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 0.67% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently weighed in on FMC shares. KeyCorp boosted their price target on FMC from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Barclays reduced their target price on FMC from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. UBS Group reduced their target price on FMC from $45.00 to $44.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on FMC from $47.00 to $42.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upgraded FMC from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their target price for the company from $41.00 to $50.00 in a report on Monday, June 23rd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, FMC presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $49.58.

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About FMC

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.

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