FMC Corp vs Otis Worldwide Corp — how do they compare? FMC Corp trades at $10.5 (market cap $1.30B), while Otis Worldwide Corp trades at $73.25 (market cap $27.80B). The key difference: Otis Worldwide Corp is far larger — about 21.4× FMC Corp's market cap, and FMC Corp pays the higher dividend (3.07%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| FMC | OTIS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $1.30B | $27.80B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $40.69 | $93.62 |
52-Week Low | $10.01 | $69.34 |
Enterprise Value | $5.11B | $35.84B |
Dividend Yield | 3.07% | 2.41% |
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FMC is a pure-play crop chemical company. The company has diversified its sales to create a balanced crop chemical portfolio across geographies and crop exposure. Through acquisitions, FMC is now one of the five largest patented crop chemical companies and will continue to develop new products, with a focus on biologicals, through its research and development pipeline.
Read more on FMC →Otis is the largest global elevator and escalator supplier by revenue with around one quarter of share excluding Japan. In 1854 Otis' founder and namesake, Elisha Graves Otis, invented a safety mechanism that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable failed.The company's product and service lifecycle begins with installations of elevator units in new buildings, later selling maintenance services on the units, and eventually replacement of the units after the average 15-20 year useful life of an elevator. As the largest global OEM, over decades Otis has built a base of 2 million elevators under service. Its business model is much the same as that of its competitors Kone, Schindler, and Thyssenkrupp.
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