WINTON GROUP Ltd Buys New Stake in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 38,606 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $949,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of MOS. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Mosaic by 16.4% during the 4th quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 502,430 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $12,636,000 after buying an additional 70,898 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp raised its stake in shares of Mosaic by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 417,823 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $10,270,000 after buying an additional 1,521 shares in the last quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at $583,000. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in Mosaic by 8.7% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 298,207 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $7,330,000 after buying an additional 23,855 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fox Run Management L.L.C. grew its holdings in Mosaic by 234.9% during the fourth quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 56,781 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,396,000 after acquiring an additional 39,826 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on MOS shares. Barclays raised shares of Mosaic from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $27.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Piper Sandler reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. Scotiabank lifted their target price on Mosaic from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Mosaic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, CIBC assumed coverage on Mosaic in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $55.00 price target on the stock. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $32.67.

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Mosaic Stock Down 2.0 %

MOS stock traded down $0.54 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $25.93. The stock had a trading volume of 1,293,606 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,618,821. The company has a fifty day moving average of $26.55 and a 200 day moving average of $26.24. The Mosaic Company has a 1-year low of $22.48 and a 1-year high of $33.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.95, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. Mosaic's payout ratio is 160.00%.

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.