Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for Mosaic Q3 Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) - Zacks Research boosted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Mosaic in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.69 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.39. The consensus estimate for Mosaic's current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic's FY2025 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.42 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. BNP Paribas raised Mosaic to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Mosaic from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday, March 13th. They set a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $40.00 price objective (up previously from $33.00) on shares of Mosaic in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $30.00 target price on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Thursday, March 27th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $34.58.

Mosaic Stock Performance

NYSE MOS opened at $35.58 on Thursday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $28.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.97. The stock has a market cap of $11.29 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19. Mosaic has a fifty-two week low of $22.36 and a fifty-two week high of $35.96.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.04. The firm 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%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.65 earnings per share.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 5th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.47%. Mosaic's payout ratio is 75.86%.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 49.0% in the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 73,807 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $1,814,000 after purchasing an additional 24,281 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Mosaic by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,368,596 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $82,800,000 after purchasing an additional 150,186 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN increased its holdings in Mosaic by 33.8% in the fourth quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 291,605 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $7,168,000 after purchasing an additional 73,653 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its stake in Mosaic by 9.3% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,387,332 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $34,101,000 after buying an additional 117,838 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,054,000. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company's stock.

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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