Free Trial

Mosaic (MOS) Competitors

Mosaic logo
$35.30 -0.24 (-0.68%)
As of 01:37 PM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

MOS vs. CF, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and ENFY

Should you be buying Mosaic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mosaic include CF Industries (CF), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and Enlightify (ENFY).

Mosaic vs.

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

CF Industries received 92 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.30% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.10% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
811
60.30%
Underperform Votes
534
39.70%
MosaicOutperform Votes
719
55.10%
Underperform Votes
586
44.90%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CF Industries$6.13B2.46$1.53B$7.5911.73
Mosaic$11.06B1.01$1.16B$1.1630.44

In the previous week, CF Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CF Industries and 23 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Mosaic's score of 1.23 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CF Industries
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 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)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Mosaic shares are held by 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.

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 2.5%. 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.

CF Industries has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $90.21, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $34.58, indicating a potential downside of 2.07%. Given CF Industries' higher possible 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)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Mosaic
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

CF Industries has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 15.50% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CF Industries20.52% 15.50% 8.87%
Mosaic 3.24%6.00%3.17%

Summary

CF Industries beats Mosaic on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Mosaic News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MOS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

MOS vs. The Competition

MetricMosaicAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.19B$4.92B$3.08B$19.31B
Dividend Yield2.49%3.84%5.21%3.83%
P/E Ratio31.2138.3868.0834.55
Price / Sales1.014.3025,633,028,482,418,500.0034.91
Price / Cash3.847.3124.3417.51
Price / Book0.921.035.214.68
Net Income$1.16B$314.10M$156.63M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.92%-1.02%2.45%-1.96%
1 Month Performance26.85%14.96%5.56%7.26%
1 Year Performance11.19%-31.19%17.12%3.95%

Mosaic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOS
Mosaic
4.0711 of 5 stars
$35.32
-0.6%
$34.58
-2.1%
+15.3%$11.19B$11.06B31.2113,600News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CF
CF Industries
3.9424 of 5 stars
$87.27
-0.6%
$90.21
+3.4%
+13.7%$14.80B$6.13B12.892,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.2077 of 5 stars
$62.45
flat
$65.83
+5.4%
-10.6%$3.60B$3.45B-130.106,100Positive News
Analyst Revision
IPI
Intrepid Potash
1.3924 of 5 stars
$35.81
-1.5%
$19.00
-46.9%
+38.9%$476.88M$273.17M-10.69440Insider Trade
AVD
American Vanguard
2.9321 of 5 stars
$4.32
+5.6%
$14.00
+224.1%
-52.8%$124.36M$553.84M-4.19800Positive News
NTR
Nutrien
3.7789 of 5 stars
$57.85
-0.1%
$61.44
+6.2%
+0.1%$28.25B$25.68B42.2324,700
ICL
ICL Group
2.6058 of 5 stars
$6.60
-2.1%
$6.75
+2.3%
+37.4%$8.67B$6.84B21.2913,200Earnings Report
UAN
CVR Partners
2.9419 of 5 stars
$83.60
+2.0%
N/A-4.9%$1.43B$540.53M14.51300Positive News
High Trading Volume
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
3.3893 of 5 stars
$4.72
+1.5%
$8.63
+82.7%
-59.9%$296.00M$407.73M236.12500News Coverage
Earnings Report
CBUS
Cibus
1.6344 of 5 stars
$3.16
+12.1%
$22.00
+596.2%
-82.9%$103.24M$4.75M-0.1448
ENFY
Enlightify
N/A$1.04
-2.8%
N/AN/A$16.76M$87.36M-0.51424

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners