Analysts Issue Forecasts for Mosaic’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Stock analysts at Scotiabank issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Mosaic in a report issued on Monday, March 3rd. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.36 per share for the quarter. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Mosaic’s FY2025 earnings at $2.19 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on MOS. Mizuho dropped their price target on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. CIBC started coverage on Mosaic in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 target price on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Morgan Stanley reduced 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 note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Mosaic from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $26.00 to $29.00 in a research report on Monday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Mosaic presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $31.70.

Mosaic Price Performance

Shares of MOS opened at $24.18 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $7.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. The business’s fifty day moving average is $26.19 and its 200 day moving average is $26.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Mosaic has a 12-month low of $22.48 and a 12-month high of $33.44.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.64%. This is a positive change from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Mosaic’s payout ratio is currently 160.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Mosaic

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Probity Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Mosaic by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 8,701 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $214,000 after buying an additional 508 shares in the last quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH purchased a new position in Mosaic during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $224,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in Mosaic during the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,214,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Mosaic in the 4th quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio grew its position in shares of Mosaic by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 117,252 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,882,000 after purchasing an additional 1,061 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other 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.