The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Holdings Cut by Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC decreased its position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 1.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,893,554 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 45,850 shares during the period. Mosaic makes up approximately 1.1% of Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC's holdings, making the stock its 27th biggest position. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC owned 0.91% of Mosaic worth $71,124,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 2.2% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,351,351 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $228,018,000 after acquiring an additional 178,844 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,368,596 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $82,800,000 after acquiring an additional 150,186 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 40.6% in the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,279,200 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $87,817,000 after acquiring an additional 947,500 shares in the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 190.8% in the fourth quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,593,914 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $39,178,000 after acquiring an additional 1,045,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,387,332 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $34,101,000 after acquiring an additional 117,838 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

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Mosaic Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE:MOS traded up $0.62 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $26.52. The stock had a trading volume of 4,553,585 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,233,048. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19. The company has a market cap of $8.41 billion, a PE ratio of 23.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. The Mosaic Company has a 12-month low of $22.48 and a 12-month high of $33.44. The company's 50 day moving average is $26.28 and its 200-day moving average is $26.17.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The company 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 dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This is an increase from Mosaic's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio is 160.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on MOS shares. CIBC started coverage on shares of Mosaic in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $55.00 price objective for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Mosaic from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their target price for the company from $26.00 to $29.00 in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $26.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Barclays raised shares of Mosaic from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and set a $27.00 target price for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Mosaic from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $31.64.

Mosaic 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.