FMC Corporation (FMC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — FMC Corporation

FMC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
FMC develops, markets and sells crop protection chemicals for farmers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. It also offers biological crop-protection products, crop nutrition inputs and seed treatments, distributed through its own sales force, distributors and partner networks. The company is based in Philadelphia and was founded in 1883.
Where it sits in the stack
FMC does not sit inside our AI build-out framework; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Agricultural Inputs sleeve of our broader universe, alongside the other Russell 1000 chemical names the diary tracks for cyclical read-through rather than compute demand.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not carry a peer group for FMC; the competitor the market usually names alongside it is Corteva.
Why Closelook tracks it
FMC sits in the Russell 1000 but holds no Rubin or Halo seat, carries no Closelook score yet, and has not appeared in any diary edition or quote so far.
What the diary watches
Whether crop-protection demand and pricing in its core regions turn, since that shift would move the read on a name the diary otherwise files under broad-market materials exposure.

FMC Corporation (FMC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for FMC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by KeyBanc, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for FMC from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target KeyBanc — target 16 Target set to $16 (+32.5% to spot) 2026-09-11

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Agricultural Inputs · United States · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Agricultural Inputs · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against FMC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 8.13%, quarterly · last 0.0800 USD on 2026-06-30

Dividends and capital return

What FMC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.82 USD per share · a 8.13% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year −64.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.32 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0800 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.16 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.32 USD · 2025: 1.82 USD · 2026: 0.16 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is FMC Corporation (FMC)?

FMC Corporation trades as FMC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is FMC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — FMC Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does FMC trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -9.2% vs the 50-day and -24.6% vs the 200-day average, 72.3% below the 52-week high and +3.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does FMC Corporation do?

FMC develops, markets and sells crop protection chemicals for farmers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, including insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. It also offers biological crop-protection products, crop nutrition inputs and seed treatments, distributed through its own sales force, distributors and partner networks. The company is based in Philadelphia and was founded in 1883. The diary does not carry a peer group for FMC; the competitor the market usually names alongside it is Corteva.

Where does FMC Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

FMC does not sit inside our AI build-out framework; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the Agricultural Inputs sleeve of our broader universe, alongside the other Russell 1000 chemical names the diary tracks for cyclical read-through rather than compute demand. FMC sits in the Russell 1000 but holds no Rubin or Halo seat, carries no Closelook score yet, and has not appeared in any diary edition or quote so far.

Does FMC Corporation pay a dividend?

FMC Corporation has paid 0.82 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 8.13% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0800 USD on 2026-06-30. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on FMC Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on FMC Corporation on the Closelook wire is a price target by KeyBanc on 2026-09-11 (target 16). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FMC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Agricultural Inputs, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.