FMC CORPORATION
FMC CORPORATION (FMC) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
Capital allocation tells the FMC story right now. The company cut its dividend to 8 cents a quarter and is targeting about $1.0 billion of debt paydown in 2026 through asset sales and licensing, a clear shift from rewarding shareholders to repairing a balance sheet that carries dangerous leverage. The price near $11.54 sits below the company's book value of about $14.54 a share and, read on through-the-cycle margins, below what even a steady decline in operating profit would warrant. Trailing e
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424 institutional managers reported holding FMC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 91% of the company; the top 10 hold 52%. 86 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, AQR Capital, among others. On the short side, 19.5M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 16% of shares outstanding (6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
FMC has cut its share count 3% over the past five years, spending $877.20M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (19 and counting); the current rate is $1.82 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.38B in dividends and $85.30M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at FMC over the trailing three years: 2023: 3 buys totaling $428k; 2024: 1 buy totaling $127k; 2025: 5 buys totaling $2.60M; 2026: 1 buy totaling $250k. 23 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
FMC's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | -3.2% | -31.4% |
| 2023-11-08 | -5.4% | +13.5% |
| 2024-02-28 | -13.0% | +12.6% |
| 2024-05-08 | +7.9% | -15.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
FMC's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-01 (items 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-23 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-06-23 (items 1.01, 9.01); 2026-06-05 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-21 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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