Scotiabank Issues Optimistic Estimate for Mosaic Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Scotiabank increased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Mosaic in a report released on Tuesday, July 15th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.76 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.64. Scotiabank currently has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic's current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last released its 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. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.32% and a return on equity of 4.91%. The business's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.65 earnings per share.

MOS has been the topic of several other reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 5th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Mosaic from $40.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th. CIBC upped their price objective on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "overweight" 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's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $35.58.

Mosaic Stock Up 2.7%

NYSE:MOS traded up $0.95 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $36.22. 4,523,216 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,850,797. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The business's 50-day moving average price is $35.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $29.93. Mosaic has a 1 year low of $22.36 and a 1 year high of $38.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.12.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Bangor Savings Bank bought a new stake in Mosaic during the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Mosaic by 169.3% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 956 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 601 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Mosaic in the first quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its position in shares of Mosaic by 102.3% during the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,062 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 537 shares in the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the senior vice president owned 128,546 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,592,948.58. The trade was a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

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.