Quantbot Technologies LP Has $5.87 Million Holdings in The Mosaic Company $MOS

Key Points

• Quantbot Technologies LP increased its stake in The Mosaic Company by 173.0% in the first quarter, now owning around 0.07% of the company, valued at approximately $5.87 million.
• Several hedge funds have also increased their positions in Mosaic, with 77.54% of the stock held by institutional investors.
• UBS Group and Barclays both raised their price targets for Mosaic shares to $46.00, indicating a generally positive outlook from analysts, who have issued several buy ratings.

Quantbot Technologies LP lifted its position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 173.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 217,397 shares of the basic materials company's stock after buying an additional 137,773 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP owned approximately 0.07% of Mosaic worth $5,872,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of MOS. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 4.1% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 11,497,545 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $310,549,000 after purchasing an additional 456,327 shares during the period. Boston Partners raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 42.2% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 7,979,380 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $215,540,000 after purchasing an additional 2,368,094 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,171,642 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $127,119,000 after purchasing an additional 287,493 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 21.7% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,990,500 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $98,086,000 after purchasing an additional 711,300 shares during the period. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 33.5% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 3,672,283 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $90,265,000 after purchasing an additional 921,924 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Mosaic Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of MOS stock traded down $0.1180 on Friday, reaching $32.4920. 3,294,593 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,230,758. The Mosaic Company has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $38.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 1.14. The company has a market capitalization of $10.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.12. The business's 50 day moving average price is $35.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.21.

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 analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by ($0.20). Mosaic had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 4.74%. The firm had revenue of $3.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.11 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.54 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 owned 128,546 shares in the company, valued at $4,592,948.58. The trade was a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 0.86% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. CIBC boosted their target price on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Zacks Research raised Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Mosaic from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their price target on Mosaic from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $36.42.

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.