Seasoned investors are often on the lookout for a value name with solid upside. Recently attention has been given to shares of FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) as the stock recently touched $80.46, a -1.89% move from the most recent open.
Here we’ll take a quick glance at how the stock price is currently trading in relation to some of its simple moving averages. At current levels, FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) shares have been seen trading -1.63% away from the 20-day moving average. The stock has been recently separated from the 50-day moving average by -4.88%. Using a broader approach, shares have been trading -5.51% off of the 200-day moving average. After the latest check-in, company stock is -13.26% off of the 50 day high and 8.39% away from the 50 day low price.
Analysts are predicting earnings per share growth of 80.50% for the current year. The earnings per share growth over the next five years are expected to be 27.80%. FMC Corporation has had earnings per share growth of -11.60% over the past five years.
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Currently the return on equity is 36.40% and its debt to equity is 1.02. FMC Corporation has a total market cap of $10867.73, a gross margin of 44.30% while the profit margin is 23.90% and the ROI is 5.40%.
In terms of performance, we can pore into the stats for FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC). The stock is -15.00% since the start of 2017. Over the past week, shares are 6.16%. Moving out to look at the previous month performance, the stock is at -11.84%. For the quarter, performance is at -8.66%. During the past six months, FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC)’s stock has been -8.38% and -10.75% for the last 12 months.
