19,087 Shares in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Bought by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 19,087 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $511,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of MOS. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Mosaic by 34.6% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,337,124 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $183,155,000 after buying an additional 1,628,850 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Mosaic by 15.1% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,311,123 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $95,691,000 after acquiring an additional 435,598 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 40.6% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,279,200 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $87,817,000 after acquiring an additional 947,500 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in Mosaic by 44.2% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,218,410 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $86,189,000 after purchasing an additional 986,812 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC increased its position in Mosaic by 13.9% in the 3rd quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 2,939,404 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $78,717,000 after purchasing an additional 359,760 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MOS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Oppenheimer began coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday. They set a "market perform" rating on the stock. CIBC began coverage on shares of Mosaic in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $55.00 price target for the company. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Mosaic from $29.00 to $27.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Mizuho upped their price objective on Mosaic from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $35.40.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of MOS stock traded down $0.95 during trading on Monday, reaching $25.84. 4,009,011 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,360,363. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.21 billion, a PE ratio of 22.87, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.34. 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 Mosaic Company has a twelve month low of $24.11 and a twelve month high of $38.30. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $26.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $27.31.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.58 by ($0.24). The business had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.17 billion. Mosaic had a return on equity of 6.00% and a net margin of 3.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.68 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.07 EPS for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 74.34%.

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.