FMC Corporation (FMC) Stock Analysis
Basic Materials · Agricultural Inputs
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.72: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company selling crop protection chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), biologicals, and plant health products in a single business segment with approximately 5,500 employees. It is undergoing a strategic review... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.72: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.0/10, high confidence.
Passes 4/7 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
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Options Flow
Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMSupplierChina and India10-K Item 1A: 'We source critical intermediates and finished products from a number of suppliers, largely outside of the U.S. and principally in China and India.'
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Rating Breakdown
5 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -11.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.72: Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.0/10. Specifically: High short interest: 13%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $14.63. Score 4.0/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $15.83 (+0.6% upside). Prior stop was $14.63. Stop-loss: $14.63.
Target reached (0.6% upside); Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0).
FMC Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 6.5). TrendMatrix value score: 6.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
24 analysts cover FMC with a consensus score of 3.3/5. Average price target: $18.
What does FMC Corporation do?FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company selling crop protection chemicals (insecticides, herbicides,...
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company selling crop protection chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), biologicals, and plant health products in a single business segment with approximately 5,500 employees. It is undergoing a strategic review including potential sale and is divesting its India commercial business in 2026.