Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Mosaic Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Mosaic in a research report issued on Monday, August 18th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.70. Zacks Research has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.63 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.38 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.31 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.06 EPS and Q2 2027 earnings at $0.43 EPS.

MOS has been the subject of several other research reports. Wall Street Zen raised Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 5th. Scotiabank dropped their price target on Mosaic from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 11th. CIBC increased their target price on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Mosaic from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Mosaic from $38.00 to $34.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $36.42.

Mosaic Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of MOS stock opened at $32.4180 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $35.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.09. Mosaic has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $38.23. The firm has a market cap of $10.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.12.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 128,546 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,592,948.58. This represents a 12.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its stake in Mosaic by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 12,149 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $447,000 after purchasing an additional 333 shares during the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Mosaic by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 40,256 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,087,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Mosaic by 27.8% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,749 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Mosaic by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 14,590 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $394,000 after purchasing an additional 384 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in Mosaic by 25.7% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,893 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $69,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

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.