FY2025 Earnings Forecast for Mosaic Issued By Zacks Research

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Mosaic in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $1.73 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $1.71. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.10 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.79 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on MOS. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Mosaic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Mosaic from $29.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. CIBC began coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Mizuho dropped their target price on Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Mosaic has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $31.64.

Mosaic Stock Performance

NYSE MOS opened at $25.91 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $26.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. Mosaic has a 52-week low of $22.48 and a 52-week high of $33.44.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. This is an increase from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. Mosaic’s payout ratio is 160.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mosaic

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Mosaic by 49.0% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 73,807 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,814,000 after acquiring an additional 24,281 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Mosaic by 44.2% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,218,410 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $86,189,000 after purchasing an additional 986,812 shares during the period. Swedbank AB increased its position in Mosaic by 2.3% in the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,269,494 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $33,997,000 after buying an additional 28,816 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN increased its position in Mosaic by 33.8% in the fourth quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 291,605 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $7,168,000 after buying an additional 73,653 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund purchased a new position in shares of Mosaic during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,251,000. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

About Mosaic

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.