The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $30.9375.

MOS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, March 7th. Oppenheimer set a $35.00 price target on shares of Mosaic in a report on Friday, January 16th. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Mosaic from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on Mosaic from $38.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in MOS. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Mosaic by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,749 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 380 shares during the last quarter. United Services Automobile Association purchased a new position in shares of Mosaic during the first quarter worth approximately $201,000. Empowered Funds LLC raised its stake in shares of Mosaic by 170.5% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 54,176 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,463,000 after acquiring an additional 34,151 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 40.7% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 26,836 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $725,000 after acquiring an additional 7,760 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 169.3% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 956 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 601 shares in the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Mosaic Trading Down 5.9%

NYSE:MOS opened at $26.15 on Friday. Mosaic has a 1 year low of $22.36 and a 1 year high of $38.23. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $28.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $28.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The company has a market cap of $8.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 0.95.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 24th. The basic materials company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by ($0.26). Mosaic had a return on equity of 5.80% and a net margin of 4.49%.The company had revenue of $2.97 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.02 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.45 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Mosaic will post 2.04 EPS for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.4%. Mosaic’s payout ratio is presently 52.07%.

Mosaic Company Profile

Mosaic Co is one of the world’s leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The company’s primary business activities center on the extraction, processing and distribution of phosphate rock, phosphate-based fertilizers and potash products. These core nutrients are essential components in modern agriculture, supporting crop yields and soil health across a range of farming applications.

In its phosphate segment, Mosaic operates mining and production facilities that convert phosphate rock into concentrated phosphates, finished phosphate fertilizers and feed phosphates for animal nutrition.