35,000 Shares in The Mosaic Company $MOS Bought by PKO BP BANKOWY Universal Pension Society JSC

PKO BP BANKOWY Universal Pension Society JSC acquired a new position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 35,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $843,000. Mosaic comprises 0.4% of PKO BP BANKOWY Universal Pension Society JSC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Dorsey Wright & Associates bought a new position in shares of Mosaic in the third quarter worth $4,170,000. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 87.5% in the fourth quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 376,905 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $9,080,000 after purchasing an additional 175,914 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 55.6% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,606,609 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $55,717,000 after purchasing an additional 574,352 shares in the last quarter. Algert Global LLC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 26.3% in the third quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 380,138 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $13,183,000 after purchasing an additional 79,222 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new position in shares of Mosaic in the fourth quarter worth $1,302,000. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on MOS shares. Barclays decreased their price target on Mosaic from $31.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings cut Mosaic from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Mizuho decreased their price target on Mosaic from $27.00 to $24.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 11th. UBS Group decreased their price target on Mosaic from $27.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, March 7th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.69.

Mosaic Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of Mosaic stock opened at $21.41 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36. The firm has a market cap of $6.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 164.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.79. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.81. The Mosaic Company has a fifty-two week low of $21.11 and a fifty-two week high of $38.23.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 11th. The basic materials company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.15). The firm had revenue of $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.93 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 0.36% and a return on equity of 4.66%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.49 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 1.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio is 676.92%.

Mosaic Profile

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.