FMC Technologies (FTI) Q4 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates

FMC Technologies (FTI) reported $2.52 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.3%. EPS of $0.70 for the same period compares to $0.54 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.17% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.55 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51, the EPS surprise was +36.77%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how FMC Technologies performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Inbound Orders - Subsea Technologies: $2.34 billion compared to the $2.45 billion average estimate based on 13 analysts.
• Order Backlog - Subsea Technologies: $15.87 billion versus $16.31 billion estimated by 13 analysts on average.
• Order Backlog - Total: $16.57 billion versus $17.06 billion estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Order Backlog - Surface Technologies: $699.9 million compared to the $728.81 million average estimate based on 11 analysts.
• Inbound Orders - Surface Technologies: $247.7 million compared to the $276.42 million average estimate based on 11 analysts.
• Inbound Orders - Total: $2.59 billion versus $2.74 billion estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Book-to-bill - Subsea: 1 versus 1 estimated by 11 analysts on average.
• Revenue- Surface Technologies: $322.8 million compared to the $322 million average estimate based on 14 analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.1% year over year.
• Revenue- Subsea Technologies: $2.19 billion versus $2.23 billion estimated by 14 analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.1% change.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Subsea: $415.6 million versus $420.64 million estimated by 14 analysts on average.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Surface Technologies: $58.2 million versus the 14-analyst average estimate of $52.5 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate Expenses: $-34.2 million compared to the $-35.54 million average estimate based on 11 analysts.

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Shares of FMC Technologies have returned +14.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.

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