FMC - Earnings call transcript Q3 2020

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Operator

Good morning and welcome to the Third Quarter 2020 Earnings Call for FMC Corporation. This event is being recorded and all participants are in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions]. After today’s prepared remarks there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions]. to conference like to now would turn over the Mr. I for Director of Wherley, FMC Investor Michael Relations Corporation. ahead go Please sir.

Michael Wherley

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Mark A. Douglas

Thank you, everyone. Michael morning and good

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Andrew D. Sandifer

Thanks, Mark.

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Mark A. Douglas

Thank you Andrew.

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Operator

Christopher question Thank Credit Instructions]. Please will first Parkinson the today you. And [Operator with be from Suisse. ahead. go

Christopher Parkinson

thank Great, you very much.

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Mark A. Douglas

Sure, yeah.

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Andrew D. Sandifer

Mark. Sure. Thanks,

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Christopher Parkinson

Thank you very much.

Operator

from Citi. be The ahead. next go with Juvekar question will P.J. Please

P.J. Juvekar

Yes, hi, and Andrew. Mark morning, good

have trying you your you thought orders FX an Latin was well through XX%. what of hedging There can elaborate you out Thank You quarter? you. that, back big of us describe in revenues, and know income, come net hedges strategy, I Can and in kind hedge the had talk impact your that go just and just happened to that are America. in, a you to hedging strategy, negative

Mark A. Douglas

about Yeah, It we sure. that the volatility exposure, hedging let important the that P.J. and to the it policy, a to a of pretty understand any on what we make groups do when in I us for talk price a do is think think have company you of really calls allows one of Andrew, comes mean, want they the you managing down currency, how movements, effective It we or short-term of obviously in that about weapon complicated, overall I will believe commercial whether helps. Andrew that. which policy? hedging previously. details the I the types to movement FX us do mistake. talk these closing about lists jurisdiction. to the talked is hedging for the to that long-term do manage most will move hedging gap. good is of the price I and job it's be price performance no couple But

Andrew D. Sandifer

Mark. Thanks, Sure.

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Operator

BNP. from Please the come Favre go next And with ahead. will question Laurent Exane

Laurent Favre

the could point the first I to morning. My on good game to versus Hemisphere? around one came you QX inventories, pricing earlier pricing you. in but into more bit X especially think how pricing XXXX talk you question plus Yes, two you in guess terms the in QX this in the of is plus why maybe going Thank feel the a same bridge, these Northern you parts, do late X and do about about some importantly,

Mark A. Douglas

Yeah, thanks Laurent.

take Let's one. first the

in We through into was certainly that to pricing. First, extremely channel dry, all we And can move saw price rolled when weather. in it we was unprecedented delayed planting. of this, causes degree planned about August. probably the not just sorts early that in to of said was was we market script frictions I our as the QX by as as had the think we and days imagine. That thought we just the the QX XX in so ability It hot guidance you gave stressed. it market Brazilian QX terms and

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inventory So like Australia's China. would would than I more in good. we say

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Laurent Favre

it, That’s you. thank

Operator

question next Please America is of Bank Securities. go Byrne the with ahead. And from Steven

Stephen Byrne

do subsidized you use use have pretty chemical very India your there, guide crop there structural I similar as any is in it out as of seemed network low Yes, neighboring agronomic they that that reason was Ag, as distributors you is crop The provide you to a rolling [ph] is expanding curious why Gingeta that consider advice of you a you might supportive your or government highlight. India, China whether fertilizers. possibility? retail view is and in Bangladesh or what to prices they was any that was interesting, did and Indian the kind to in

Mark A. Douglas

such market it uptake. thanks market for question. been that Steve, the and Listen, offering know, the has I you itself to think I slow fragmented a complex Yeah, of advice think whole that is developing

see value improving that impetus fertilizer the quality. from a exporting usage, the to getting I both for protection, think more where growers They're the the goods market. now of the are the point crop seed

yields have to that and therefore, direct incentive going advice to in a balance to retailers a the the partners, places to P&L from to us four was and we the for help go. improve where sheet fragmented. not we the a agronomic when difference happening. focus have Indian Indian the I through is on India, give India. business people much an that did market given going marketing Pakistan acquisition fact So tell have educate between that. in growers more we market. right plus stores model sales there There's of to you're We advice the force The our to distributor there invest. do that a fancy more of the them just DuPont small We and of on I prior to large but way their support can and the growers the see lot agronomic certainly an to market you what retailers felt is and you, don't like have is bigger so a business And lot the

going But we model stores model I in right India. that I that's it. don't see country. don't took and for expanded think to in the five distributor the So FMC us us

Stephen Byrne

Thank you.

Operator

question Samuelson ahead. And Goldman from go is Adam next Sachs. with the Please

Adam Samuelson

Good thanks. Yes, morning, everyone.

in hoping continuing versus FMC clear and year’s what is a the protection implied guidance reflection was I little So crop this across bit Andrew was the market. global pretty Mark, year-to-date the

the view and kind and the about whether of and exposure, and key sustainability, of geographic business units, year the it's inventory your versus that? think market it's channel kind just drivers kind of your sustainability of product, you get this to the of your how growth Just on

Mark A. Douglas

thanks. Yeah,

So a couple things. of

size crop our of balance think and the $X Plus but talk market. that in business, almost a we the important. geographic that, of First lot, if balance the way about is you just about billion this business, $XX roughly the our about fact very you a know think all, billion I and we're

for X%. market share, plenty be of mid-single-digits. at is to We market grow. We X% to growing don't for mid-single-digits room FMC us to the need have to grow a X% There

we're just the whole we not the and of expanding have. our about diamides, the how the coming, area talking products I'm of that is pipeline that talking franchise think I about I'm crops

before talked about number we that future drives registrations continue our the of know, growth. You to I've to that portfolio, which add

million $XX products this about we new about that of think You this launched from have year, revenue were products year.

-- new products almost we're that revenue the that's into moving what growth crops. launching of X% So, from just without of X.X%, portfolio the rest

into, geographic that had we've China in expand been we've which in and we surprisingly seeing to country presence, So, Indonesia, at only doing important. provinces enough it where Brazil. India business not is the looking expansion of terms as in then that we're very very we're Not need we parts are in our out certain we're of deliberate still in moving it to doing

of share we to that. at number we the have take we access working different it's believe are on are silver to can Brazil, the components of one market of There a that continue bullet. to outperformance parts how the not this looking strongly of do we We keep So quality with more portfolio? in market. And continue do drive to

Adam Samuelson

so much. thank Great, you

Operator

Stephens. with Please Connelly The next question is Mark from go ahead.

Mark Connelly

come could we hoping back to was I the question moment. you. for pricing a Thank

discussion could about pretty And evolving if pricing bit how offsetting a given generics wondering towards much how Asia, that the market historical strong time. But it I costs farmers little has past? that has of difficult that bias so a and is talk pricing in a you in there been in your this amazing record over was Brazil of obviously look of doesn't FX You've time are. difficult got with market

Mark A. Douglas

thanks Mark. Yeah,

and We in the price. there, You them highlighted impact, could market. a there But number that but Asia. see were price other impact, of do price most of this we as get robustly Andrew the not in as of moved when size major FX year, we Asia move the currencies have of the was talked BRL do one about Brazil, given

generic think think you terms business in I our look side what this of today. about the of got you business, to at

you third total for party us portfolio. generics. of products, only That's about think -- how the about about you about think essentially are we think If probably how which our X% generic

generics technology, compete one what So we thing, competing when with you with with the competing use. in same is value call

spend bad. particularly growers the are where prices the moving we looking value Fruit particularly drive that's is in know yield of that COVID. removing think So through that or market. place, focus world, generally given the where gets the that willing that speaking, in business Asia Sugar and corn improve to are profitability. generally inputs the real quality at not is. about yield core protect. are But I from over the all prices looking on the using U.S. now on soy prices around being better. either the that prices or It in markets demand are And a more the But grower products to and are value the pest are people your profitable are Brazilian vegetable therefore always it, has growers changed the and wish bad. higher to rice to not due and productivity,

So that of we think generic rather than it the itself. way market

Mark Connelly

you. So, thank

Operator

Please from Stanley. be the Vincent of question Andrews go ahead. And will Morgan next

Vincent Andrews

there India maybe wondering, how want that I it applicability molecules or all is either don't just opportunity region versus to of that the going to Asia to it very a also, new be much. much in Good to make about the story or an bit, your and come to is continuing some to you is to R&D front everyone. is a existing be growth just of sense bit products your is there plan Maybe there up three? Thank but, the of as or just look discussion to there, penetrate sort back a get going role day run have good you. you there at M&A to down going are might morning, going Thank little

Mark A. Douglas

vegetable fruit last the first bit one crop necessarily expansion are have I not Yes, markets we do geographic in India. think. a and and highly fragmented. Those two expansion the it's of also Yeah, themselves

has different of we've go as details significant of I'm that that plays in So, in India, going two there see India. going there example. about shortages. that. yes, I'm the mechanized. that But role country. on pipeline. not it also products pipeline to applicability think yet how into and in crops onto not changes do weeks. talked In increasing we're business before, we I in I are India is In are highly said, are the some you Certainly, sugarcane agronomic labor our parts I'll a all us. going the benefiting to more an getting Brazil, the profile registration is the the give

-- continue is all pre-emergent starting It us years now and now to to to India technology transfer between share to exist sugarcane a of that to the can manually growing in we a the expand agronomic Brazil, herbicide leading -- a market use to in rapidly investment have the building India, of years, past sugarcane now We're had That's few sugarcane herbicide. past in we growth. fact, market. new provider using the That's few growers So in the practices. to be controlled India. which for in in are and ago a market. a Brazil pre-emerging herbicides they're market and the great didn't business is And we from market used our see brand our knowhow that Brazil allows difference and that example go

Operator

next the be from question go John Thank ahead. Roberts you. And UBS. Please will with

John Roberts

give day. you. to your little Maybe of Thank of just preview technology a us bit

what that few are good sales success could diamides, Sounds in will comment you having combinations a be percent currently what now? the of like diamide maybe you years they're in and from the that combinations would of think

Andrew D. Sandifer

year. out ourselves look will I got are the as Elevest of this we we and are this it couple will the versus others Yeah, think space talk working just up of into success. products, at majority a certainly coming do. fragment are John make We about we ever that sales don't as the we're of certainly we some straight of products likely they they but with, that also what break We've launched. formulated but what mixture don't a vast the they having the partners have to actually are market products

but it has partners, companies not products, be may partner have. mixture So all those our will those that FMC formulated

-- So that in market necessarily you ourselves. of but will not type see a might that of the growth we have part

we're I products. itself will because working will to We market some, more have type on think obviously, fragment the that continue with formulated but general

John Roberts

you. Thank

Operator

The Frank go Research. Mitsch next Please Fermium question ahead. is from with

Frank Mitsch

morning good folks impressive Yeah, here the and in quarter. an results third

So as I in look guidance for year year. at the the things for are the of and fourth this like results accelerating really it the quarter, looks back your half

heading your that of in good kind thinking the how next of half accelerated kind would half implies rate year next first of in of naturally first the about a this run my correctly, I So gets a into year? that of this year, mind handicap on probably basis rate half and run thinking about of pretty back XXXX. Am the some the growth results you

Mark A. Douglas

is you Latin the as is QX Latin and Asia is and Asia QX first QX you big in much can't or as the of particular in especially and QX QX, half that half QX. year that it necessarily same QX, because Yeah, role. can't you not say at next significant but is a far necessarily and purely rates look not in QX America year this in of growth play America our Frank, -- lower certainly business Well, than second in off the

that be It's a careful you never the sequentially. because to that seasonality think we perspective. at it something in business we got from we I not do at look So and look

traction? budgeting market have we this But our right we point. Yes, growth obviously do, Now, process middle the of in at given the do we're rates.

market single I you FMC’s to sort broad because next yet. itself, this market expect have down sort of of of give year is know, to Just low view broadly year you I be numbers digits. speaking, the would But market the don't internal a flattish. the

they see. growth And improve and next with the today, X% of got then commodities else I continues to is soft should our little year stronger. plan, a we China U.S. where look normal prices you've better top if -- X%. America is anywhere line the of Latin a to little buy, we'll think are long pegged market near range everywhere market, stronger. U.S. expect too. season a for I should will looking Asia looking little kind The Europe is

through have from range are FMC two-year X% that be delivering should XXXX right long we're exact we for second X% thinking Here it. middle in in our to and growth year, I to into year. next how the but X% the is through range People about our of plan of going rate That's X% don't be a on thinking that EBITDA number, range track. certainly should perspective. you

Operator

Thank you next Yefremov is and Aleksey ahead. the KeyBanc. go question with from Please

Aleksey Yefremov

XXX the expect pricing of it thank to looks next bridge million you. is next you're roughly recovering your opportunity Oh yes, Good EBITDA, morning, catch under year? versus XXXX what From a just into about size everyone. I equivalent year. like up to tax you to wanted that

Mark A. Douglas

say to this Difficult at point Aleksey.

certainly at are Asia America, be pricing. we're to going with Latin where working to on look We

the yet. right what on given is, recovered we We does is all the pricing out things where after or haven't those does go. where weaken you're of into the But election, all built play. dollar election We about about stay come happens to to that have it model XX%. million depends got $XXX It FX, strengthen FX

in to going it's next is say pricing a into million think tailwind little $XXX year. I So, there early a

Operator

The ahead. go Joel Please Jackson next with is Markets. from Capital BMO question

Joel Jackson

few feedback you've might you and maybe on the team externally and changes you the the some strategy conversations of internally? make and ESG Hi, heard, do of some engaging investors months, good you last you your might have your your things or maybe Mark, these with morning. can share from been outlook more or Thanks.

Mark A. Douglas

that ours are position I a and Yeah sustainable opportunities subject listen, like it's is company a us sustainability operate think a space. believe where the marketplace to that for FMC I very company my Joel. a leader we and in as in close heart. passionately tremendous in, there Thanks, to this

have made a seen officer. now chief will in put we You announcement We've October. an sustainability in place

office. put under parts that our of We are to company sustainability the restructuring

For talk the at and ties Day. about time so me, have it closely two into Technology platform that the technology Investor in weeks we that we'll

I into think biological of an waste chemistry. is types two feedback the they're the more and the then get is play, the used, we that the in the our targeted gaining softer together. latest is crop discussion we're company there that approach traction a technologies have. protection think that utilities, expectations chemistries managing of a part getting stakeholders the is to the about and around companies with appetite The are and how technologies, come combination also the lot types carbon all of the of of various that chemistries the footprint there we And whole of our and of

So important I do see it aspect. as an

us. pretty ambitious will on You regular more the basis. putting we sustainability for out goals reporting be company will that some from And, a for we're see

to from this come more So area.

Operator

Capital come you. ahead. will Chris Please question our Kapsch Loop go final And Thank with from Markets.

Christopher Kapsch

capital some good from to these customers, incremental Fairly COVID closer even Yeah, and to time your touched working chain But, expediting some guess, if supply costs this you sorry your product maybe getting, there's I morning. associated drag. already. disruptions have with been one ahead straightforward on of

XXXX Thanks. either you kind from so see cash the cost saving what a just of I'm little of normalizing So, and if or wondering season that year-over-year squeeze standpoint into capital? opportunity working if out

Mark A. Douglas

Yeah, you're right.

We have on had that drag costs.

the we Europe lower the wave, second proactive we earlier away what you in about where look it throughout you drag. already million distributed of Europe season terms extremely of on been ahead material in the see Frankly, $XX in moving of the think of sort at is happening said of rather that warehousing. centralized use next have to the in going year than model When don't local warehouses cost near-term. today was I I

Europe. that very are the cognizant are in We of fact changing things

we've needed So in of been them products cost. very move those opportunity to that to marketplace know be have entails into proactive an around we out they're and the we going where more putting

built it was year forward. kind tailwind I so a do expect to roll that. you'll I Now, from I that this don't into of see just cost -- think

we moving to we logistics And QX that very elsewhere, going where costs, do similar products see are thing terms QX of in around, same we'll etcetera. certainly to wave Given growing if the is think. look I

the much applying very this. those proactive. years But cost. we're do a couple of We over they and very at learned So last an with lot the added we're We're forefront of learnings. come

Michael Wherley

Thanks our today. for update our to That's have the about we Thank an the time Technology Investor XXth R&D have remind Call on and provide you questions. a to all Update you good all pipeline. on call the day. November I'd for like

Operator

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FMC (FMC) 3 Nov 202020 Q3 Earnings call transcript