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Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC Has $13.10 Million Holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

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Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC raised its holdings in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 2.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 461,497 shares of the basic materials company's stock after acquiring an additional 9,518 shares during the period. Mosaic makes up 2.4% of Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC's holdings, making the stock its 12th largest position. Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC owned 0.15% of Mosaic worth $13,097,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Ethos Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 115.1% in the 4th quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 3,166 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $78,000 after buying an additional 1,694 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Mosaic

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.73, for a total value of $643,140.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 128,546 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,592,948.58. The trade was a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.86% of the company's stock.

Mosaic Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of Mosaic stock traded up $0.41 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $37.68. The company had a trading volume of 4,873,531 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,829,169. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $34.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $29.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The firm has a market cap of $11.95 billion, a PE ratio of 32.48, a P/E/G ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.12. The Mosaic Company has a fifty-two week low of $22.36 and a fifty-two week high of $38.06.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.04. Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.91% and a net margin of 3.32%. The company had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on MOS shares. Barclays raised their price target on Mosaic from $40.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Mosaic from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on Mosaic from $33.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Mosaic currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $35.08.

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Mosaic Company Profile

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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.

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