Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH Takes $224,000 Position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH purchased a new stake in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 9,100 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $224,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH acquired a new position in Mosaic during the 4th quarter worth about $5,214,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 117,252 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $2,882,000 after acquiring an additional 1,061 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. increased its stake in Mosaic by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. now owns 149,380 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $3,672,000 after buying an additional 10,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PharVision Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the 4th quarter worth $209,000. 77.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Mosaic

In related news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.73, for a total transaction of $643,140.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MOS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Mosaic from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and upped their price target for the company from $30.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. CIBC raised their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday, March 13th. They set a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price target for the company. Finally, Mizuho reduced their target price on Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $34.58.

Mosaic Price Performance

Shares of MOS stock traded down $0.11 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $36.84. The company had a trading volume of 4,775,205 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,711,581. The Mosaic Company has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $37.69. The company has a market capitalization of $11.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.60, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $30.39 and a 200-day moving average of $27.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19.

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

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.39%. Mosaic's payout ratio is currently 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.