Scotiabank Estimates Mosaic’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Scotiabank issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Mosaic in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, August 11th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson expects that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $3.19 for the year. Scotiabank has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $39.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Mosaic’s FY2026 earnings at $3.67 EPS.

Several other analysts have also commented on the company. UBS Group raised their price objective on Mosaic from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Mosaic from $38.00 to $34.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Mosaic in a report on Monday, July 14th. Barclays raised their price objective on Mosaic from $40.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Mosaic from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $36.42.

Mosaic Stock Down 0.3%

Mosaic stock opened at $32.10 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. Mosaic has a 52 week low of $22.36 and a 52 week high of $38.23. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $35.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $30.98. The firm has a market cap of $10.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.12.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by ($0.20). The company had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.11 billion. Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.74% and a net margin of 8.35%. The firm’s revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.54 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mosaic

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MOS. PDT Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the 2nd quarter valued at $4,242,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 21.9% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,219,305 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $44,480,000 after purchasing an additional 219,007 shares during the last quarter. Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,068,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 137,867 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,029,000 after purchasing an additional 18,632 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 16.5% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 417,617 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $15,235,000 after purchasing an additional 59,029 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of Mosaic stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.73, for a total transaction of $643,140.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 128,546 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,592,948.58. This trade represents a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Mosaic Company Profile

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.