FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection solutions to farmers in Latin America, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals, including insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, as well as 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 disease, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. FMC Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Growth Projections | Analysts set price targets ranging from $47 to $81, as FMC targets 6% top-line growth for 2025 driven by new product introductions and market expansion |
Strategic Adaptation | Explore FMC's response to early generic competition, including new formulations and cost reduction initiatives aimed at defending market share |
Financial Resilience | Despite stock underperformance, FMC demonstrates strong Q3 results, surpassing estimates with robust volume growth in key markets and maintaining guidance |
Transition Challenges | FMC faces critical period as key diamides franchise goes off-patent, striving to maintain growth and profitability in a challenging agricultural solutions market |
Metrics to compare | FMC | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Basic Materials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipFMCPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 12.9x | 49.4x | 0.9x | |
PEG Ratio | −0.17 | −0.85 | 0.00 | |
Price / Book | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 10.6% | 10.2% | 31.9% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | −0.7% | 4.0% | Unlock |