Two Sigma Advisers LP Has $98.09 Million Stake in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its holdings in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 21.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,990,500 shares of the basic materials company's stock after purchasing an additional 711,300 shares during the quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP owned 1.26% of Mosaic worth $98,086,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of MOS. Intellectus Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Intellectus Partners LLC now owns 12,350 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $304,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Arizona State Retirement System grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 92,550 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $2,275,000 after acquiring an additional 471 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 32,516 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $799,000 after acquiring an additional 570 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 110.8% in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 587 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Capital Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. United Capital Financial Advisors LLC now owns 8,947 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $220,000 after buying an additional 592 shares in the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on MOS shares. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Mizuho decreased their target price on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Finally, Barclays reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $40.00 target price (up from $33.00) on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $34.58.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of Mosaic stock traded down $0.52 during trading on Thursday, reaching $35.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,168,429 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,701,025. The business's 50-day moving average price is $28.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $27.02. The firm has a market cap of $11.11 billion, a PE ratio of 30.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The Mosaic Company has a 52 week low of $22.36 and a 52 week high of $35.96. 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 earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.70 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. Mosaic's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 5th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 75.86%.

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.