UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Raises Holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 13.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,036,532 shares of the basic materials company's stock after acquiring an additional 235,009 shares during the quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC owned approximately 0.64% of Mosaic worth $50,058,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Voloridge Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 3,187,445 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $78,347,000 after acquiring an additional 565,632 shares during the last quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 252.7% during the 4th quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC now owns 745,154 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $18,316,000 after buying an additional 533,879 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP purchased a new position in shares of Mosaic during the 4th quarter valued at $469,000. Vident Advisory LLC lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 16.0% during the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 28,642 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $704,000 after buying an additional 3,956 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,990,500 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $98,086,000 after buying an additional 711,300 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on MOS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted 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. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. They set a "buy" rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Finally, CIBC lifted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $34.58.

Mosaic Trading Up 0.4%

NYSE:MOS traded up $0.13 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $36.04. 1,645,535 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,690,675. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.92, a PEG 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 $36.27. The firm's 50 day moving average is $29.63 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.28. 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The firm's revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.65 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. 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.