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

Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH bought a new position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 9,100 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $224,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new position in Mosaic during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,214,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the 4th quarter worth approximately $41,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio increased its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 117,252 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $2,882,000 after purchasing an additional 1,061 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Trust Co. N.A. increased its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 7.2% during 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 purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PharVision Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic in the 4th quarter valued at $209,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 128,546 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,592,948.58. This represents a 12.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

Mosaic Price Performance

MOS traded up $0.04 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $36.99. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,667,681 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,693,358. The company has a market cap of $11.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.73, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $30.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.51. The Mosaic Company has a 1 year low of $22.36 and a 1 year high of $37.66. The company has a quick ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last announced 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. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion for 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 firm's revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 EPS for the current year.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.38%. Mosaic's payout ratio is 75.86%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on MOS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Mosaic from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Mizuho lowered their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. UBS Group raised their price objective on Mosaic from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, BNP Paribas raised Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $34.58.

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.