FMC (FMC) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $302 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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FMC's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($941.50 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($323.80 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($323.80 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($302.40 Mil).

FMC's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($516.80 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($572.00 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($572.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($302.40 Mil).

FMC Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for FMC's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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FMC Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

339.10

568.90

516.80

572.00

302.40

FMC Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																572.00	494.40	941.50	323.80	302.40

FMC Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

FMC (NYSE:FMC) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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FMC (FMC) Business Description

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Address

2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19104

Website

https://www.fmc.com

FMC is a pure-play global crop protection company with a fairly balanced product portfolio across geographies and crop exposure. Through acquisitions, FMC is now one of the five largest patented crop protection companies and focuses on the development of new products, including biologicals, through its research and development pipeline.

Executives

Robert C Pallash	director	17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
Jacqueline Scanlan	officer: Executive VP & Chief HRO	HAEMONETICS CORPORATION, 400 WOOD ROAD, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Ronaldo Pereira	officer: EVP, President, FMC Americas	1620 MONK RD, GLADWYNE PA 19035
Nicholas Pfeiffer	officer: Corporate Controller	1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Patricia Verduin	director	ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102
Mark Douglas	officer: Pres., Agricultural Solutions	ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Vsevolod Rostovtsev	officer: VP & Chief Technology Officer	909 TWYCKENHAM ROAD, MEDIA PA 19063
Andrew D Sandifer	officer: EVP and CFO	FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Michael Finian Reilly	officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec.	FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Kathy Lynn Fortmann	director	INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., 521 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kathleen Shelton	officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer	630 UNIVERSITY PLACE, SWARTHMORE PA 19081
Diane Allemang	officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	1615 NORTH CLEVELAND STREET, ARLINGTON VA 22201
Carol Anthony Davidson	director
Eduardo E Cordeiro	director	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Volpe Vincent R Jr	director	C/O DRESSER-RAND GROUP INC, PAUL CLARK DRIVE, OLEAN NY 14760