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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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

CF Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
711
54.95%
Underperform Votes
583
45.05%
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
810
60.36%
Underperform Votes
532
39.64%

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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%

In the previous week, CF Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CF Industries and 16 mentions for Mosaic. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat CF Industries' score of 0.98 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mosaic
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
CF Industries
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mosaic currently has a consensus price target of $32.42, suggesting a potential upside of 7.90%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $89.29, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Given CF Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CF Industries is more favorable than Mosaic.

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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
CF Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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.

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$11.12B0.86$1.16B$0.5554.62
CF Industries$5.94B2.27$1.53B$6.7711.74

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MOS vs. The Competition

MetricMosaicAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.52B$4.59B$3.03B$18.88B
Dividend Yield3.04%3.83%5.18%4.04%
P/E Ratio26.5735.9574.4932.66
Price / Sales0.863.8223,032,091,497,809,700.0028.29
Price / Cash3.847.3124.3217.53
Price / Book0.780.985.184.47
Net Income$1.16B$314.10M$155.25M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.91%4.98%1.72%3.34%
1 Month Performance10.19%2.75%3.27%-2.93%
1 Year Performance-2.68%-35.70%16.50%3.18%

Mosaic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
3.8652 of 5 stars
$30.18
+2.1%
$32.42
+7.4%
-2.4%$9.56B$11.12B26.7013,600Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CF
CF Industries
4.6987 of 5 stars
$74.75
-0.2%
$89.86
+20.2%
-0.4%$12.67B$5.94B11.042,700
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.8586 of 5 stars
$50.96
-2.3%
$68.17
+33.8%
-20.7%$2.93B$3.56B-106.166,100Upcoming Earnings
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.7032 of 5 stars
$28.72
-1.2%
$21.00
-26.9%
+72.6%$379.85M$254.69M-8.57440Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
AVD
American Vanguard
3.4055 of 5 stars
$3.80
flat
$14.00
+268.4%
-63.7%$109.39M$553.84M-3.69800Positive News
Gap Down
NTR
Nutrien
3.4581 of 5 stars
$52.18
-0.6%
$59.40
+13.8%
+5.7%$25.51B$25.97B38.0924,700Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.4964 of 5 stars
$6.34
-0.5%
$6.75
+6.5%
+45.1%$8.33B$6.84B20.4513,200
UAN
CVR Partners
2.2669 of 5 stars
$73.71
-1.0%
N/A-2.2%$1.26B$525.32M12.80300Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
2.7043 of 5 stars
$4.02
-2.9%
$9.88
+145.6%
-64.9%$252.10M$407.73M201.10500Gap Up
CBUS
Cibus
2.5028 of 5 stars
$1.75
+4.8%
$22.17
+1,166.7%
-87.4%$57.49M$4.26M-0.0848Gap Up
ENFY
Enlightify
N/A$1.12
-0.9%
N/AN/A$16.18M$87.36M-0.55424

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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 4/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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