FMC Corp.: Jim Cramer’s Hidden Agriculture Trade (FMC)

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On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to review a hidden undervalued stock in  the market.  Tonight he noted FMC Corp (NYSE: FMC) as a key undervalued stock in chemicals and agriculture.  While he likes the company on its own, he noted that the current inflated prices in Agriculture and potash stocks should actually generate a much higher stock price.  He thinks that because of this company’s pricing power in its its niche that this should be worth a combined $5.7 Billion instead of $4+ Billion today.  In his words, that yields a $70 STOCK.

By now you have seen this sector on fire.  We just noted a hot potash IPO coming soon and just yesterday we noted how the best post-IPO in recent months is also in the sector.  Deere (NYSE: DE) shares indicated lower after earnings this morning and closed lower too.

Just remember one key thing.  Thursday is Valentine’s Day, and fertilizer is only a good gift if your intimate other is a green thumb that hasn’t been able to get to the store in a very long time.

FMC closed up 2.2% at $53.54 today and the 52-week trading range is $35.64 to $59.00.  $70.00 would be a considerable price.  While it still is listed as having a 30+ P/E ratio, this really trades with a 13.8 P/E ratio for fiscal Dec-2008 forward estimates.

Jon C. Ogg
February 13, 2008

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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