FMC (FMC) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 8.10 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)

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What is FMC 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

FMC's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 8.10.

The historical rank and industry rank for FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

FMC' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13 Med: 2.38 Max: 9.74
Current: 8.1

During the past 13 years, FMC's highest Yield on Cost was 9.74. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 2.38.

FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
77.78% of 144 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 3.195 vs FMC: 8.10

Competitive Comparison of FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FMC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

FMC 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of FMC is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

FMC (NYSE:FMC) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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FMC Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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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

Carol Anthony Davidson	director
Ronaldo Pereira	officer: EVP, President, FMC Americas	1620 MONK RD, GLADWYNE PA 19035
Pierre R Brondeau	officer: CEO, President, Chairman of Bd	ROHAM AND HAAS CO, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Michael Finian Reilly	officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec.	FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Jacqueline Scanlan	officer: Executive VP & Chief HRO	HAEMONETICS CORPORATION, 400 WOOD ROAD, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Andrew D Sandifer	officer: EVP and CFO	FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Robert C Pallash	director	17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
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
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
Eduardo E Cordeiro	director	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210