10 Best High-Upside Materials Stocks to Buy

6. FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC)

Potential Upside: 41.26%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 35

FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) is one of the 10 best high-upside materials stocks to buy. On February 8, FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) reported fourth quarter 2025 sales of $1.08 billion, down 11% year over year, and $280 million in adjusted EBITDA, down 17%, while its adjusted EPS slid 33% to $1.20.

For 2026, FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) projects full‑year sales of $3.6 billion to $3.8 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $670 million to $730 million, with first‑quarter sales down around 5% and EBITDA down nearly 60% year over year, partly due to one‑off costs and tariff headwinds. The company expects about $20 million of tariff‑related headwinds in 2026, with almost all of it hitting in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the company’s management is targeting more than $1 billion in debt reduction through asset sales and licenses, aiming to end 2026 with net debt around $3.5 billion and about a half‑turn lower leverage.

Meanwhile, on February 5, Moody’s downgraded FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) senior unsecured ratings to Ba1 from Baa3, pushing the agricultural chemicals company into junk status. The ratings agency also assigned a negative outlook to the company, citing challenges stemming from patent expirations of its insect-control product Rynaxypyr in multiple countries.

FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC) is an agricultural sciences company that engages in creating products for crop protection, plant health, agriculture, pest control, and turf management. The company offers insect control products, herbicides, insecticides, flutriafol-based fungicides, and bionematicides.