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How FMC Corporation stacks up
FMC · against 527 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
13/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #471 of 528 · scores higher than 10% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score64 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including FMC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 13?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 100% of peers. Return on invested capital: -374.5% vs peer median 6.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 87% of peers. Return on assets: -2.8% vs peer median 2.5%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.6% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = FMC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | FMC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 502 reported | -374.5% | 6.2% | 0% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 518 reported | 9.6% | 6.6% | 64% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 504 reported | -2.8% | 2.1% | 10% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 501 reported | -218.9% | 4.8% | 0% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 543 reported | 17.6% | 19.4% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around FMCScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score