The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Shares Purchased by Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) by 33.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,672,283 shares of the basic materials company's stock after buying an additional 921,924 shares during the quarter. Deutsche Bank AG owned 1.16% of Mosaic worth $90,265,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in MOS. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 110.8% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 587 shares in the last quarter. R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Tobam acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic during the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Mosaic during the fourth quarter worth about $41,000. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth about $55,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.54% of the company's stock.

Mosaic Trading Up 1.3%

MOS opened at $32.67 on Monday. The Mosaic Company has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $32.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.35 billion, a PE ratio of 28.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $27.13 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.54.

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 for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.04. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The company had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 EPS. The company's revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 5th. Mosaic's payout ratio is currently 160.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MOS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded Mosaic from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and raised their target price for the company from $30.00 to $40.00 in a report on Thursday. Barclays raised shares of Mosaic from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $27.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Mosaic from $26.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped 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. Finally, BNP Paribas raised shares of Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $32.17.

About Mosaic

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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