MOS vs. CF, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and NITO
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 N2OFF (NITO).
Mosaic vs.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CF Industries and 3 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Mosaic's score of 0.91 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CF Industries received 102 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.22% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
Mosaic currently has a consensus price target of $35.40, suggesting a potential upside of 42.68%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $90.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.86%. Given Mosaic's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mosaic pays out 77.9% 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 pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CF Industries has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.57% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MOS) was last updated on 1/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
