Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Grows Stock Position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH increased its holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 18.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 251,646 shares of the basic materials company's stock after buying an additional 39,528 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned about 0.08% of Mosaic worth $6,797,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in MOS. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in Mosaic by 29.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,507,131 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $332,005,000 after purchasing an additional 3,058,243 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of Mosaic by 24.2% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 11,041,218 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $271,382,000 after acquiring an additional 2,151,426 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Mosaic by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,621,001 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $218,751,000 after acquiring an additional 269,650 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of Mosaic by 5.9% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,171,642 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $127,119,000 after acquiring an additional 287,493 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Advisers LP increased 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 acquiring an additional 711,300 shares during the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on MOS. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Scotiabank reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. CIBC upped their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. UBS Group raised shares of Mosaic from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $45.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective 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. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $36.75.

Mosaic Stock Down 1.3%

Shares of Mosaic stock opened at $36.91 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $11.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The Mosaic Company has a 52-week low of $22.36 and a 52-week high of $38.23. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $36.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $30.33.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.04. Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.91% and a net margin of 3.32%. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.65 EPS. The firm's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of Mosaic stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 128,546 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,592,948.58. The trade was a 12.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.

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