revenue
850–900 $million
Q2 2026
official guidance
| Revenue | $21.7B |
|---|---|
| Operating income | $2.3B |
| Net income | $1.8B |
| Free cash flow | $1.9B |
| Operating margin | 10.5% |
| Net margin | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.0% |
| Period | TTM 2025-10-03 |
OpenFilings analyst
Agentic read of the latest earnings call — recommendation updates when we process a new transcript. Research synthesis, not investment advice.
High leverage and declining earnings outweigh early operating improvements and strategic-option potential.
Latest call · Q2 2026Sell: FMC’s Q1 beat was helped by FX, costs and volume, but FY26 guidance still calls for revenue of $3.6-$3.8 billion, EBITDA of $670-$730 million and adjusted EPS of $1.63-$1.89, implying a 41% midpoint EPS decline. The core portfolio remains under generic pricing pressure, Rynaxypyr is in an uncertain post-patent transition, net leverage is 5.2x EBITDA, and free cash flow is expected to be roughly breakeven; the bull case depends on asset sales, licensing proceeds and a second-half recovery that is not yet fully proven.
Q2 revenue guidance of $850-$900 million and EBITDA guidance of $130-$150 million imply another sharp year-over-year decline, driven by lower diamide-partner sales and the India exit.
Brazil order commitments represent 32% of planned second-half direct sales as of late April; further commitments by June will be an important test of the second-half recovery.
Potential May agreement to sell the India commercial business and expected licensing discussions could provide debt-reduction catalysts, but timing and proceeds remain unquantified.
Tariff, Iran-related energy and transportation costs remain difficult to forecast; management expects offsets but will not update the full-year view until the next call.
Manufacturing migration from high-cost plants to lower-cost Asian sources is expected to finish by Q1 2027 and is central to restoring competitiveness in the non-diamide portfolio.
New active ingredients grew 100% year over year in Q1, while EU Isoflex approval expands potential access to more than 55 million planted hectares; commercial launches are not expected until 2027.
The post-patent Rynaxypyr plan targets flat branded earnings dollars, but customer wait-and-see behavior and generic efficacy and availability remain unresolved.
The board’s strategic-alternatives review could materially change the capital structure or portfolio, but no outcome or valuation framework was provided.
Net debt rose to approximately $4.1 billion, or 5.2x trailing EBITDA, while Q1 free cash flow was negative $628 million and FY26 free cash flow guidance ranges from negative $65 million to positive $65 million.
FY26 interest expense is expected at $255-$275 million, approximately $25 million above the prior year midpoint, further compressing EPS and limiting deleveraging capacity.
Price declined 6% in Q1, with diamide partners responsible for nearly half of the decline; generic competition is especially pronounced in LATAM and Asia.
The company is relying on asset disposals, real estate transactions and a potential active-ingredient license to achieve approximately $1 billion of debt paydown, but transaction values and closing dates remain unspecified.
The call provided no analyst Q&A, so there was no management response to pushback on competitive displacement, Rynaxypyr generic risk or the credibility of the second-half recovery.
revenue
850–900 $million
Q2 2026
official guidance
ebitda
130–150 $million
Q2 2026
official guidance
adjusted eps
0.16–0.26 $per share
Q2 2026
official guidance
revenue
3.6–3.8 $billion
FY 2026
official guidance
revenue growth
-5 pct
FY 2026
official guidance
ebitda
670–730 $million
FY 2026
official guidance
adjusted eps
1.63–1.89 $per share
FY 2026
official guidance
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