Integrated Investment Consultants LLC Has $277,000 Holdings in The Mosaic Company $MOS

Key Points

• Integrated Investment Consultants LLC reduced its holdings in The Mosaic Company by 46.5%, now owning 10,262 shares worth $277,000.
• Several institutional investors have recently changed their positions in Mosaic, with 77.54% of the stock now owned by institutional investors.
• The Mosaic Company reported $0.51 EPS for the last quarter, missing estimates by $0.20, while revenue for the quarter was $3.01 billion, below analyst expectations.

Integrated Investment Consultants LLC reduced its position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 46.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,262 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 8,930 shares during the quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC's holdings in Mosaic were worth $277,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in Mosaic during the first quarter worth $26,000. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the first quarter valued at $27,000. Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 102.3% in the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,062 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 537 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, Summit Securities Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the first quarter valued at $64,000. 77.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the company'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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 128,546 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,592,948.58. This represents a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Mosaic Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of NYSE MOS opened at $32.4180 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market cap of $10.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.99, a PEG ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 1.12. The Mosaic Company has a 12 month low of $22.36 and a 12 month high of $38.23. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $35.31 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.09.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by ($0.20). The business had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.11 billion. Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.74% and a net margin of 8.35%.The firm's revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.54 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. CIBC upped their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Mosaic from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $43.00 target price (up previously from $39.00) on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Mosaic from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $36.42.

Mosaic 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.

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