Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Mosaic Q4 Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Mosaic in a research report issued on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $0.59 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.50. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.61 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.99 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.80 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares of Mosaic from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $30.00 to $40.00 in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $30.00 price objective on shares of Mosaic in a report on Thursday, March 27th. CIBC upped their target price on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Mosaic has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.58.

Mosaic Price Performance

Shares of MOS opened at $35.58 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $11.29 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19. Mosaic has a fifty-two week low of $22.36 and a fifty-two week high of $35.96. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $28.68 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.97.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The business’s revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.65 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its position in Mosaic by 49.0% in the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 73,807 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,814,000 after acquiring an additional 24,281 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Mosaic by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,368,596 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $82,800,000 after acquiring an additional 150,186 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN raised its position in Mosaic by 33.8% in the fourth quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 291,605 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $7,168,000 after acquiring an additional 73,653 shares during the period. Swedbank AB raised its position in Mosaic by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,387,332 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $34,101,000 after acquiring an additional 117,838 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,054,000. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be given a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.47%. Mosaic’s payout ratio is presently 75.86%.

About Mosaic

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.