FMC Corp Dividend yield

FMC Corp is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. FMC Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

FMC Corp stock dividend

FMC Corp paid a total dividend of 290 million USD last year, for a market value of 10,779 millions (Market Cap 10,744 millions). FMC Corp dividend per share is 2.32 USD, and his stock market price 86.23 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, FMC Corp has a dividend yield of 2.69%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare FMC Corp stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

FMC Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of FMC Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.32 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.69%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). FMC Corp payout on ernings is currently 36.59%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that FMC Corpcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of FMC Corp is USD 4.66 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.32, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of FMC Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

FMC Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of FMC Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.69%	2.32	36.59%	125
2022	1.86%	2.32	37.36%	126
2021	1.93%	2.12	43.98%	127
2020	1.67%	1.92	52.32%	129
2019	1.76%	1.76	40.00%	130
2018	1.21%	0.89	14.08%	135
2017	0.70%	0.66	42.58%	134
2016	1.18%	0.66	17.98%	133
2015	1.54%	0.66	28.70%	133

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of FMC Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

FMC Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth FMC Corp showed a return of -10.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -20.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.