212,118 Shares in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Acquired by Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 212,118 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $5,214,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned approximately 0.07% of Mosaic at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Tobam acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the fourth quarter valued at about $38,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Ethos Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth about $55,000. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd grew its stake in Mosaic by 115.1% in the fourth quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 3,166 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $78,000 after purchasing an additional 1,694 shares in the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. CIBC lifted their price target on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $40.00 price target (up from $33.00) on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Mosaic from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $30.00 to $40.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Mosaic currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $34.58.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MOS traded up $0.26 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $36.17. 6,943,846 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,699,944. 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 stock's 50 day moving average price is $29.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $27.37. The firm has a market cap of $11.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.01, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The Mosaic Company has a twelve month low of $22.36 and a twelve month high of $36.34.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Mosaic had a return on equity of 6.00% and a net margin of 3.24%. The business's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 EPS for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.43%. Mosaic's payout ratio is 75.86%.

Mosaic Company Profile

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.