Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook for Mosaic Q1 Earnings

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Mosaic in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $0.32 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.31. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mosaic’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.77 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on MOS. Oppenheimer started coverage on Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Mizuho dropped their price target on Mosaic from $29.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Barclays upgraded Mosaic from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $27.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Mosaic from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $26.00 to $29.00 in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Mosaic in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $31.64.

Mosaic Trading Up 3.4 %

Shares of NYSE:MOS opened at $25.91 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $26.28 and its 200 day moving average is $26.21. Mosaic has a 1 year low of $22.48 and a 1 year high of $33.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.49.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.40%. This is an increase from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio is currently 160.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mosaic

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MOS. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. boosted its position in Mosaic by 1.5% during the third quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 23,345 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $625,000 after purchasing an additional 354 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new position in Mosaic during the third quarter worth approximately $357,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP purchased a new position in Mosaic during the third quarter worth approximately $244,000. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in Mosaic by 85.2% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 2,189 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 1,007 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Metis Global Partners LLC boosted its position in Mosaic by 19.5% during the third quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 29,003 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $777,000 after purchasing an additional 4,740 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Mosaic Company Profile

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.