Mosaic - MOS Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mosaic in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 4 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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16 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Mosaic's stock. Their MOS share price forecasts range from $42.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $59.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.4% 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 increased by 12.9% and is now trading at $49.51.
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Mosaic saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,790,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the December 31st total of 7,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 7th. The basic materials company reported $3.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.52 by $0.30. The basic materials company had revenue of $5.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.01 billion. Mosaic had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 35.27% and a net margin of 20.15%.

Mosaic declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, March 16th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 1st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.22%. 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 5.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MOS will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Mosaic announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, August 1st 2022, which permits the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 10.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management 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 investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.61%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.24%), Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%) and Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce M Bodine, Corrine D Ricard, Denise C Johnson, Gregory L Ebel, James Calvin O'rourke, Mark J Isaacson, Oscar Bernardes, 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 $49.51.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) has a market capitalization of $16.86 billion and generates $12.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.22 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,525 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.