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Mosaic (MOS) Competitors

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$27.48 -0.10 (-0.36%)
(As of 11:46 AM ET)

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.

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

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. CF Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 74.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CF Industries19.45% 14.57% 8.40%
Mosaic 3.24%6.00%3.17%

93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CF Industries and 9 mentions for Mosaic. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat CF Industries' score of 0.82 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CF Industries
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mosaic
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CF Industries has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CF Industries received 101 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
805
60.94%
Underperform Votes
516
39.06%
MosaicOutperform Votes
704
55.30%
Underperform Votes
569
44.70%

CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $88.42, indicating a potential downside of 2.81%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $33.22, indicating a potential upside of 20.48%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Mosaic
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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$5.98B2.65$1.53B$6.3214.39
Mosaic$13.70B0.64$1.16B$1.1324.40

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$8.76B$4.68B$2.76B$20.35B
Dividend Yield3.17%3.44%5.11%3.45%
P/E Ratio24.4045.91106.5944.58
Price / Sales0.647.98587,720.6320.32
Price / Cash3.827.7123.8122.40
Price / Book0.731.313.494.76
Net Income$1.16B$340.44M$151.44M$984.18M
7 Day Performance5.17%2.15%6.95%0.03%
1 Month Performance2.55%0.66%-2.54%6.66%
1 Year Performance-25.27%-30.01%22.71%24.57%

Mosaic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
4.4403 of 5 stars
$27.26
-1.2%
$33.22
+21.9%
-25.3%$8.66B$13.70B24.1214,049Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CF
CF Industries
3.8278 of 5 stars
$90.66
+1.1%
$88.42
-2.5%
+19.2%$15.78B$5.98B14.192,700
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.1571 of 5 stars
$76.89
-0.3%
$78.60
+2.2%
+32.3%$4.41B$3.55B-110.706,500Insider Trade
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.5585 of 5 stars
$27.11
flat
$21.00
-22.5%
+31.4%$356.85M$255.55M-8.02440News Coverage
AVD
American Vanguard
3.6333 of 5 stars
$6.06
+0.8%
$16.67
+175.0%
-38.6%$174.47M$579.37M-5.83845
NTR
Nutrien
4.8439 of 5 stars
$47.40
+1.6%
$60.33
+27.3%
-14.2%$23.41B$29.06B31.3225,900Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ICL
ICL Group
1.9893 of 5 stars
$4.63
+1.1%
$4.00
-13.6%
-10.1%$6.08B$7.54B14.7713,350
UAN
CVR Partners
3.1072 of 5 stars
$82.19
+0.7%
N/A+17.5%$1.41B$681.48M16.45310Analyst Downgrade
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
3.4635 of 5 stars
$7.00
-1.7%
$12.13
+73.2%
-42.2%$439.95M$464.80M356.18500Positive News
CBUS
Cibus
2.0351 of 5 stars
$4.72
-2.9%
$22.83
+383.8%
-66.0%$124.89M$1.82M-0.22183Short Interest ↑
CGA
China Green Agriculture
0.3243 of 5 stars
$1.98
+0.5%
N/A-2.2%$29.28M$95.85M-0.98424

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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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