FMC's Quality Score rose 2 points on Tue, Nov 10, to -7. It closed near its high of the day (2 chart checks started).
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Up 4.3% today, while its farm peers are down 1.1%; no story names it yet.
Fell on Oct 15
Down 31% on Oct 15, and still 33% under its Oct 14 close.
−3Long-term trend
| Since its 2022 high | Down 96% |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Oct 30 |
TodayNo story names it yet.
After its last 4 reports it closed +8.5% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
FMC is #12 of 12 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Wed Feb 3, after the close (in 85 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $105.9M; a loss of $15.26 a share.
“Volume declined 21 percent due to challenging market conditions with channel customers in several key markets sharply reducing replenishment orders during the final weeks of the quarter.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| North America | -$371M | $244M |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 29)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue excluding India | $1.04B to $1.14B |
“The reduction versus prior guidance is mainly due to lower demand and the impacts of the commercial actions taken in Q3.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 29)
Sales fell 5.7% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.32 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +10.9% | +30.5% | +27.8% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | +4.9% | +18.2% | +7.7% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +10.2% | +5.0% | +1.0% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $3.5B in 2025. It lost money in 2025 after a profit in 2024.
RSI 40.5, MACD above signal, below both averages. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 13% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $0.32 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $49.8M a year |
| Free cash flow | $370M |
| Record | Cut 86% |
One insider sold $16K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: FMC is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
FMC is a pure-play global crop protection company with a fairly balanced product portfolio across geographies and crop exposure. Through acquisitions, FMC is now one of the five largest patented crop protection companies and focuses on the development of new products, including biologicals, through its research and development pipeline.
“We encounter substantial competition in our business.”
FMC scores -7 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #12 of 12 in Chemicals & Allied Products by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 31% on Oct 15, and still 33% under its Oct 14 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
FMC scores -7 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #12 of 12 in Chemicals & Allied Products by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind FMC's -7.
One insider sold $16K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Nicholas Pfeiffer, Corporate Controller, who sold $16K on Sep 9.
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