FMC Corporation FMC

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
49/100
Developing

Ranked against 17 peers in Agricultural Inputs

About FMC Corporation

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection solutions to farmers in Latin America, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals, including insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, as well as biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling … Full FMC analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.82), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.71), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.15), raising refinancing risk.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.32), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
74
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Where FMC ranks in Agricultural Inputs

FMC Corporation ranks #7 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score — the top 44%. The widest moat in the group is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
3 CVR Partners, LP UAN 68/100 Moderate
4 Nutrien Ltd. NTR 66/100 Moderate
5 Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The SMG 58/100 Moderate
6 ICL Group Ltd. ICL 51/100 Moderate
7 FMC Corporation FMC 49/100 Developing
8 Mosaic Company (The) MOS 46/100 Developing
9 Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. BIOX 45/100 Developing
10 Intrepid Potash, Inc IPI 44/100 Developing
11 American Vanguard Corporation AVD 37/100 Developing

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How FMC scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 74 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 58 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 53 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 22 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 27 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 55 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding FMC's moat

What is FMC Corporation's moat score?

FMC Corporation (FMC) scores 49 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #7 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Agricultural Inputs. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (74/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (22/100).

How does FMC Corporation compare with other Agricultural Inputs companies?

FMC Corporation ranks #7 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score. The widest moat in Agricultural Inputs is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are ICL Group Ltd. (ICL) at 51 just above it and Mosaic Company (The) (MOS) at 46 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 17 companies in Agricultural Inputs. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is FMC Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for FMC Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and FMC scores: Pricing Power (74), Cost Advantage (58), Customer Stickiness (53), Capital Efficiency (22), Resilience (27), Scale & Market Position (55). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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