Criteria Caixa S.A.U. Invests $36.23 Million in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Criteria Caixa S.A.U. bought a new stake in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,474,003 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $36,231,000. Mosaic makes up about 5.2% of Criteria Caixa S.A.U.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Criteria Caixa S.A.U. owned 0.46% of Mosaic at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $303,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB lifted its position in Mosaic by 12.6% during the third quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 12,282 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $329,000 after purchasing an additional 1,371 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC grew its position in Mosaic by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 39,617 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,061,000 after purchasing an additional 1,534 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its holdings in Mosaic by 30.3% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 300,338 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $7,854,000 after acquiring an additional 69,763 shares during the period. Finally, Inspire Trust Co. N.A. grew its position in Mosaic by 16.8% during the third quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 139,380 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $3,733,000 after buying an additional 20,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MOS has been the subject of several research reports. Scotiabank boosted their price target on Mosaic from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Mosaic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. BNP Paribas raised Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Barclays raised Mosaic from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $27.00 to $33.00 in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $32.42.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of MOS opened at $29.12 on Friday. The Mosaic Company has a one year low of $22.36 and a one year high of $32.29. The company has a 50-day moving average of $25.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The stock has a market cap of $9.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.77, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.04.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.02%. Mosaic's payout ratio is currently 160.00%.

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.

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