FMC FMC CORP
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q3 2024: $0M, Q2 2024: $50M, Q1 2024: $25M, Q3 2023: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $25M (-100%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-583M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 1,495,919 shares = 1.2% of 124,920,067 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
7 open-market purchases by 6 insiders
- BARRY MICHAEL F () bought 18,072 shares at $13.83 on 2026-03-04
- Raines John Mitchell () bought 7,000 shares at $13.77 on 2025-11-13
- DAVIDSON CAROL ANTHONY () bought 10,000 shares at $13.60 on 2025-11-05
- DAVIDSON CAROL ANTHONY () bought 6,000 shares at $37.33 on 2025-03-05
- pereira ronaldo (President, FMC) bought 5,600 shares at $35.77 on 2025-03-04
- BRONDEAU PIERRE R (Chairman and CEO) bought 54,000 shares at $35.90 on 2025-03-04
- Sandifer Andrew D (EVP and CFO) bought 2,150 shares at $59.22 on 2024-03-04
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $3M, sold $1M (net buying)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
No buyback-insider divergence detected