Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 52,323 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,260,000.
A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in MOS. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC grew its position in Mosaic by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 19,604 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $472,000 after buying an additional 380 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,749 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 380 shares in the last quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 54.3% in the 3rd quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC now owns 1,157 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 407 shares in the last quarter. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Mosaic by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. now owns 47,593 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,651,000 after acquiring an additional 432 shares during the period. Finally, Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Mosaic by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 11,914 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $287,000 after acquiring an additional 461 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.54% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. HSBC lowered their price objective on Mosaic from $26.00 to $23.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Mosaic from $31.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Mosaic from $25.00 to $22.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Berenberg Bank lowered their price target on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $27.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered their price target on shares of Mosaic from $30.00 to $29.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, June 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $27.24.
Mosaic Stock Down 0.0%
NYSE MOS opened at $22.89 on Friday. The Mosaic Company has a 1-year low of $19.80 and a 1-year high of $38.23. The company has a market capitalization of $7.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 176.11, a PEG ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.79. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $22.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.25, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The basic materials company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by ($0.15). Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.66% and a net margin of 0.36%.The company had revenue of $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.4% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 0.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
About Mosaic
Mosaic Co is one of the world’s leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The company’s primary business activities center on the extraction, processing and distribution of phosphate rock, phosphate-based fertilizers and potash products. These core nutrients are essential components in modern agriculture, supporting crop yields and soil health across a range of farming applications.
In its phosphate segment, Mosaic operates mining and production facilities that convert phosphate rock into concentrated phosphates, finished phosphate fertilizers and feed phosphates for animal nutrition.
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