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MOS vs. CF, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and ENFY

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 Enlightify (ENFY).

Mosaic vs.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 9 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for CF Industries and 21 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Mosaic's score of 1.37 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mosaic
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CF Industries
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CF Industries has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 15.50% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mosaic3.24% 6.00% 3.17%
CF Industries 20.52%15.50%8.87%

Mosaic has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mosaic presently has a consensus target price of $32.58, indicating a potential upside of 43.57%. CF Industries has a consensus target price of $89.86, indicating a potential upside of 31.57%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
CF Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

CF Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
710
54.95%
Underperform Votes
582
45.05%
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
809
60.55%
Underperform Votes
527
39.45%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mosaic$11.12B0.65$1.16B$0.5541.26
CF Industries$5.94B1.95$1.53B$6.7710.09

Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Mosaic pays out 160.0% 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 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

CF Industries beats Mosaic on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MOS vs. The Competition

MetricMosaicAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.19B$3.84B$2.71B$17.26B
Dividend Yield3.39%3.99%5.17%3.95%
P/E Ratio20.0831.0464.2728.86
Price / Sales0.653.3723,107,482,959,366,500.0023.95
Price / Cash3.847.3124.3317.54
Price / Book0.590.814.884.00
Net Income$1.16B$314.10M$154.23M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-15.39%-13.16%-7.74%-12.28%
1 Month Performance-9.57%-21.33%-4.29%-13.86%
1 Year Performance-30.30%-48.83%6.08%-9.23%

Mosaic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
4.7632 of 5 stars
$22.70
-3.7%
$32.58
+43.6%
-30.3%$7.19B$11.12B20.0813,600Positive News
Gap Up
CF
CF Industries
4.7944 of 5 stars
$78.50
+1.4%
$89.86
+14.5%
-14.4%$13.30B$5.94B11.592,700News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
Trading Halted
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.7009 of 5 stars
$55.14
+0.7%
$74.00
+34.2%
-35.9%$3.16B$3.56B-114.676,200Analyst Upgrade
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.4242 of 5 stars
$29.49
+0.3%
$21.50
-27.1%
+18.9%$388.74M$254.69M-8.77440Gap Up
AVD
American Vanguard
2.6596 of 5 stars
$4.37
-1.4%
$17.00
+289.0%
-72.4%$125.08M$553.84M-4.22800Gap Up
NTR
Nutrien
4.28 of 5 stars
$49.90
+0.7%
$60.00
+20.2%
-15.8%$24.39B$25.97B36.4124,700News Coverage
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
2.5731 of 5 stars
$5.69
-0.1%
$6.75
+18.7%
+10.8%$7.47B$6.84B18.3413,200News Coverage
Positive News
UAN
CVR Partners
2.4005 of 5 stars
$75.50
+0.9%
N/A-17.1%$1.29B$525.32M13.11300Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
2.9914 of 5 stars
$4.59
-6.4%
$9.88
+115.4%
-70.5%$289.85M$407.73M231.22500Positive News
CBUS
Cibus
1.6256 of 5 stars
$1.85
-6.5%
$22.17
+1,096.9%
-92.2%$60.38M$4.26M-0.0848
ENFY
Enlightify
N/A$1.08
-0.8%
N/AN/A$15.59M$87.36M-0.53424
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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 4/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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