CF Industries (CF) Competitors

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, CF or MOS?

CF Industries has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CF or MOS a better dividend stock?

CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CF Industries pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Mosaic has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Mosaic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer CF or MOS?

In the previous week, Mosaic had 6 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Mosaic and 19 mentions for CF Industries. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat CF Industries' score of 0.96 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CF Industries	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mosaic	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CF or MOS?

CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CF Industries	$5.94B	2.63	$1.22B	$7.59	12.11
Mosaic	$11.12B	1.04	$174.90M	$1.16	31.46

Is CF or MOS more profitable?

CF Industries has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.32%. CF Industries' return on equity of 17.39% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CF Industries	21.80%	17.39%	9.82%
Mosaic	3.32%	4.91%	2.53%

Do analysts rate CF or MOS?

CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $91.79, indicating a potential downside of 0.16%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $34.58, indicating a potential downside of 5.23%. Given CF Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CF Industries is more favorable than Mosaic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CF Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Mosaic	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CF or MOS?

93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mosaic beats CF Industries on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.