Zacks Research Issues Positive Forecast for Mosaic Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Zacks Research increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Mosaic in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $0.51 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.50. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.06 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.31 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on MOS. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $30.00 price objective on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. CIBC began coverage on shares of Mosaic in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 price objective on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of Mosaic from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $27.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Barclays cut Mosaic from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $30.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Mosaic presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.82.

Mosaic Trading Down 0.1 %

Mosaic stock opened at $27.12 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $25.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $26.69. Mosaic has a 52 week low of $23.56 and a 52 week high of $33.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.61 billion, a PE ratio of 24.00, a PEG ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by ($0.24). The firm had revenue of $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.17 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.68 earnings per share.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Mosaic

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MOS. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its position in shares of Mosaic by 110.8% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,117 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 587 shares in the last quarter. Kimelman & Baird LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic during the 2nd quarter worth $49,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 46.4% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,799 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $52,000 after acquiring an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Mosaic by 180,900.0% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,810 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 1,809 shares during the period. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in Mosaic by 23.2% in the third quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 2,037 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 384 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.25%. This is a boost from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. Mosaic’s payout ratio is currently 74.34%.

About Mosaic

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.