Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Mosaic FY2025 Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Mosaic in a report issued on Monday, November 17th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the basic materials company will earn $2.66 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.38. Zacks Research has a “Strong Sell” 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 Q2 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on MOS. Bank of America lowered their price target on Mosaic from $49.00 to $43.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on Mosaic from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Mosaic in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $28.00 price objective on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $33.08.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of MOS stock opened at $24.67 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market cap of $7.83 billion, a PE ratio of 8.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.00. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $30.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.31. Mosaic has a 52 week low of $22.36 and a 52 week high of $38.23.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.01. Mosaic had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 4.74%. The firm had revenue of $3.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.87 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share. Mosaic’s revenue was up 22.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 4th. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 22.80%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Mosaic

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in MOS. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Mosaic by 172.5% during the second quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 684 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 433 shares during the last quarter. Bangor Savings Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the second quarter worth $26,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 169.3% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 956 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 601 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its position in shares of Mosaic by 650.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 750 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 650 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rexford Capital Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.