Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for Mosaic Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Mosaic in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the basic materials company will earn $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.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on MOS. Wall Street Zen upgraded Mosaic from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. UBS Group increased their price target on Mosaic from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday, March 13th. They set a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price objective on the stock. Barclays restated an "overweight" rating and set a $40.00 price objective (up from $33.00) on shares of Mosaic in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, CIBC raised their price objective on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Six investment 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Mosaic has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $34.58.

Mosaic Trading Up 2.5%

Shares of NYSE MOS traded up $0.89 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $35.99. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,294,437 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,700,002. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The business's 50 day moving average is $29.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.11. Mosaic has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $36.07. The firm has a market cap of $11.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.09.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly 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 return on equity of 6.00% and a net margin of 3.24%. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.44%. Mosaic's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 75.86%.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its position 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 worth $1,814,000 after purchasing an additional 24,281 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Mosaic by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,368,596 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $82,800,000 after buying an additional 150,186 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN raised its stake in shares of Mosaic by 33.8% during the 4th quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 291,605 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $7,168,000 after buying an additional 73,653 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB increased its stake in shares of Mosaic by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,387,332 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $34,101,000 after purchasing an additional 117,838 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Mosaic in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,054,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.