Scotiabank Comments on Mosaic’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:MOS)

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Mosaic in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 3rd. Scotiabank analyst B. Isaacson expects that the basic materials company will post earnings of $2.81 per share for the year. Scotiabank currently has a “Sector Outperform” rating and a $31.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Mosaic’s current full-year earnings is $2.04 per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on MOS. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Oppenheimer began coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Barclays raised shares of Mosaic from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $27.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of 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 report on Monday, March 3rd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $31.70.

Mosaic Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of MOS stock opened at $25.10 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $26.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $26.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The stock has a market cap of $7.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.21, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34. Mosaic has a twelve month low of $22.48 and a twelve month high of $33.44.

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 paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This is a positive change from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.51%. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio is 160.00%.

Institutional Trading of Mosaic

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake 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 during the period. Intellectus Partners LLC increased its stake in Mosaic by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Intellectus Partners LLC now owns 12,350 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $304,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System increased its stake in Mosaic by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 92,550 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,275,000 after purchasing an additional 471 shares during the period. Probity Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Mosaic by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 8,701 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $214,000 after purchasing an additional 508 shares during the period. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its stake in Mosaic by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 32,516 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $799,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the period. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.