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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.

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

In the previous week, Mosaic had 11 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Mosaic and 25 mentions for CF Industries. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Mosaic's score of 0.50 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CF Industries
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mosaic
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

CF Industries received 103 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.60% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 54.94% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
809
60.60%
Underperform Votes
526
39.40%
MosaicOutperform Votes
706
54.94%
Underperform Votes
579
45.06%

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CF Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CF Industries has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $90.15, indicating a potential upside of 16.66%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $31.70, indicating a potential upside of 26.31%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CF Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
CF Industries$5.94B2.21$1.53B$6.7711.42
Mosaic$11.12B0.72$1.16B$0.5545.63

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
CF Industries20.52% 15.50% 8.87%
Mosaic 3.24%6.00%3.17%

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$7.97B$4.24B$3.14B$19.66B
Dividend Yield3.56%4.15%5.18%3.97%
P/E Ratio22.2136.32103.6933.81
Price / Sales0.724.0825,717,071,198,921,700.0030.66
Price / Cash3.847.3124.3617.56
Price / Book0.650.954.774.64
Net Income$1.16B$314.10M$154.17M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.00%0.13%1.42%-2.10%
1 Month Performance-6.48%-11.41%-0.25%-3.78%
1 Year Performance-20.56%-37.58%25.91%6.30%

Mosaic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
4.8687 of 5 stars
$25.10
+1.5%
$31.70
+26.3%
-20.6%$7.97B$11.12B22.2114,049Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CF
CF Industries
4.5989 of 5 stars
$77.80
-4.0%
$90.54
+16.4%
-8.4%$13.19B$5.94B11.492,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.0382 of 5 stars
$56.46
-3.6%
$75.83
+34.3%
-8.5%$3.25B$3.56B-117.826,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.2427 of 5 stars
$24.57
-5.8%
$22.00
-10.4%
+31.5%$324.59M$255.55M-7.33440Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AVD
American Vanguard
3.2548 of 5 stars
$4.89
-4.9%
$16.67
+240.8%
-56.3%$140.77M$553.84M-4.75800Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
NTR
Nutrien
3.8617 of 5 stars
$49.47
-5.5%
$59.76
+20.8%
-3.5%$24.19B$25.97B36.0925,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ICL
ICL Group
2.9586 of 5 stars
$5.89
-2.4%
$6.25
+6.2%
+11.4%$7.75B$6.93B19.0213,350Analyst Forecast
UAN
CVR Partners
3.0779 of 5 stars
$75.83
-0.3%
N/A+16.8%$1.30B$525.32M13.16300Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
2.255 of 5 stars
$4.00
-0.5%
$9.88
+146.9%
-60.8%$251.03M$441.27M200.25500
CBUS
Cibus
1.936 of 5 stars
$1.87
-9.0%
$22.17
+1,088.6%
-88.8%$49.34M$4.15M-0.0848Gap Up
ENFY
Enlightify
N/A$1.15
-2.5%
N/AN/A$16.62M$87.36M-0.57424Negative News
Gap Down
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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 3/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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