U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC Has $375,000 Stock Holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC cut its stake in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 64.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 15,257 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 28,158 shares during the period. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in Mosaic were worth $375,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 110.8% in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 587 shares during the period. R Squared Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth $41,000. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of 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 worth $48,000 after buying an additional 1,809 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 46.4% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,799 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 570 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Mosaic Stock Performance

MOS stock traded up $0.58 during trading on Monday, reaching $27.43. 3,747,135 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,879,216. The Mosaic Company has a twelve month low of $23.56 and a twelve month high of $33.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The company has a market capitalization of $8.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $26.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.62.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by ($0.24). Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The firm had revenue of $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.17 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. This is a positive change from Mosaic's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio is 77.88%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Mosaic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Mosaic in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a "market perform" rating for the company. Barclays lowered Mosaic from an "overweight" rating to an "underweight" rating and cut their target price for the company from $30.00 to $27.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. CIBC began coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $55.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Mosaic from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $33.80.

Mosaic Company Profile

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.