Zacks Research Comments on Mosaic’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Mosaic in a report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.32 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.77 EPS.

MOS has been the topic of several other reports. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Mosaic from $29.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Mosaic from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their target price for the company from $26.00 to $29.00 in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Mizuho lowered their target price on Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Finally, CIBC assumed coverage on Mosaic in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 price objective for the company. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Mosaic has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $31.64.

Mosaic Trading Up 1.7 %

Shares of MOS stock opened at $25.12 on Friday. 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 $7.96 billion, a PE ratio of 22.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. Mosaic has a 1-year low of $22.48 and a 1-year high of $33.44. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $26.26 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.23.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brooklyn Investment Group raised its stake in Mosaic by 110.8% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 587 shares in the last quarter. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in Mosaic during the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Tobam bought a new stake in Mosaic during the 4th quarter valued at $38,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic during the 4th quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Mosaic by 180,900.0% during the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,810 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 1,809 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

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. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.50%. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 160.00%.

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.