Fresenius Medical Care AG

Fresenius Medical Care AG is a German health care company headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse; it was founded in 1996 and focuses on dialysis treatment for people with kidney disease. Its shares trade on the Xetra platform of the Frankfurt exchange under the ticker FME, and the company is part of Germany's main stock index, the DAX.

The company's operations are tracked in two main areas. On the care delivery side, dialysis centers are operated in many countries, most of them in the United States; patients receive regular hemodialysis treatment at these centers. On the care enablement side, hemodialysis machines, dialyzer filters, tubing sets and other consumables are produced and sold both to the company's own centers and to third-party treatment providers. Because chronic kidney disease requires long-term treatment, the service has a regular and recurring structure.

Those following Fresenius Medical Care stock usually watch the trend in dialysis patient numbers, health insurance reimbursement rules and health care staff costs. On the FME page at Lzzo.com the price is shown in euros, the currency in which the share trades, and the page also includes a chart and technical indicators.