MOS vs. CF, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and CGA
Should you be buying Mosaic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mosaic include CF Industries (CF), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and China Green Agriculture (CGA).
Mosaic vs.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CF Industries and 3 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Mosaic's score of -0.02 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mosaic pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CF Industries received 102 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.22% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.57% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic presently has a consensus price target of $35.40, suggesting a potential upside of 40.76%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $90.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.12%. Given Mosaic's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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