Scotiabank Weighs in on Mosaic’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Mosaic in a report issued on Friday, June 6th. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson expects that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.64 per share for the quarter. Scotiabank currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on MOS. CIBC boosted their price objective on Mosaic from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Mosaic from $29.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 9th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Mosaic from $33.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on Mosaic in a report on Thursday, March 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of Mosaic from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $30.00 to $40.00 in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.58.

Mosaic Trading Down 1.5%

NYSE:MOS opened at $34.08 on Monday. Mosaic has a 12-month low of $22.36 and a 12-month high of $37.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $31.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $27.84.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.04. Mosaic had a return on equity of 6.00% and a net margin of 3.24%. The business had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 5th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 5th. Mosaic’s payout ratio is 75.86%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Mosaic

In other Mosaic news, SVP Walter F. Precourt III sold 18,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.73, for a total transaction of $643,140.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 128,546 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,592,948.58. The trade was a 12.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ancora Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 40,256 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,087,000 after buying an additional 350 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 27.8% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,749 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 380 shares during the period. Twin Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in Mosaic by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 14,590 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $394,000 after buying an additional 384 shares during the period. Intellectus Partners LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Intellectus Partners LLC now owns 12,350 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $304,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Finally, Strengthening Families & Communities LLC raised its holdings in Mosaic by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC now owns 4,210 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $116,000 after buying an additional 450 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

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.