Mosaic - MOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mosaic in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MOS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MOS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Mosaic's shares. Their MOS share price forecasts range from $42.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $55.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.9% from the stock's current price.
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Mosaic's stock was trading at $43.87 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MOS shares have decreased by 3.4% and is now trading at $42.39.
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Mosaic saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 7,530,000 shares, a drop of 11.8% from the February 13th total of 8,540,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,050,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $1.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.08 by $0.34. The basic materials company had revenue of $4.48 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.22 billion. Mosaic had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.04% and a net margin of 18.73%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 16.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.95 earnings per share.
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Mosaic announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (MOO), First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG), iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF (VEGI), Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF (RPG) and iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM).

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.35% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mosaic declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, August 1st 2022, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 10.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

61 employees have rated Mosaic Chief Executive Officer Joc O’Rourke on Glassdoor.com. Joc O’Rourke has an approval rating of 54% among the company's employees. This puts Joc O’Rourke in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Mosaic investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Tesla (TSLA).

Mosaic trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MOS."

Mosaic's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.08%), Morgan Stanley (1.42%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.28%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.21%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.20%) and Susquehanna International Group LLP (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Corrine D Ricard, Denise C Johnson, Gregory L Ebel, James Calvin O'rourke, Mark J Isaacson, SA Vale and Walter F Precourt III.
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Shares of MOS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MOS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.39.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) has a market capitalization of $14.26 billion and generates $19.13 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.58 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 13,570 workers across the globe.

Mosaic's mailing address is 101 East Kennedy Blvd Suite 2500, Tampa FL, 33602. The official website for the company is www.mosaicco.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (800) 918-8270, via email at investor@mosaicco.com, or via fax at 763-559-2860.