The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for Mosaic in a report released on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the basic materials company will earn $1.73 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $1.71. 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 $0.50 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS.
A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on MOS. Scotiabank lifted their target price on shares of Mosaic from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Mosaic from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $26.00 to $29.00 in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Barclays upgraded Mosaic from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $27.00 to $33.00 in a report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $32.67.
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Mosaic Price Performance
Shares of Mosaic stock traded up $0.51 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $28.48. 4,521,978 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,266,216. The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The business has a fifty day moving average of $26.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.16. The company has a market capitalization of $9.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. Mosaic has a 1 year low of $22.48 and a 1 year high of $33.44.
Mosaic Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is a positive change from Mosaic's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.09%. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 160.00%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MOS. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its position in Mosaic by 110.8% in the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 587 shares during the last quarter. R Squared Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic during the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Tobam purchased a new stake in Mosaic during the fourth quarter worth $38,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC increased its stake in Mosaic by 180,900.0% in the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,810 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 1,809 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.
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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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