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Is Mosaic Company (MOS) a good stock to buy now?

Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is -28.94% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.11 and a high of $38.30 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MOS stock was last observed hovering at around $25.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.42%.

Currently trading at $25.39, the stock is -5.76% and -3.89% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.3 million and changing -1.63% at the moment leaves the stock -12.02% off its SMA200. MOS registered -29.76% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $26.4002 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $28.8819.

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The stock witnessed a -2.42% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.06%, and is -1.82% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.70% over the week and 3.19% over the month.

Mosaic Company (MOS) has around 14049 employees, a market worth around $8.07B and $11.46B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.39 and Fwd P/E is 9.96. Profit margin for the company is 3.24%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.29% and -33.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.45%).

with sales reaching $2.97B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -39.74% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -18.09% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -5.65% in year-over-year returns.

Mosaic Company (MOS) Top Institutional Holders

975.0 institutions hold shares in Mosaic Company (MOS), with institutional investors hold 89.24% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 324.10M, and float is at 315.12M with Short Float at 2.60%. Institutions hold 88.64% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 41.2 million shares valued at $1.19 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.7897% of the MOS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 28.28 million shares valued at $817.4 million to account for 8.781 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 14.33 million shares representing 4.4479% and valued at over $414.04 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.433 of the shares totaling 14.28 million with a market value of $412.66 million.

Mosaic Company (MOS) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Precourt Walter F. III, the company’s SVP – Chief Admin Officer. SEC filings show that Precourt Walter F. III sold 39,748 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 13 ’24 at a price of $27.96 per share for a total of $1.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.14 million shares.

Mosaic Company disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 12 ’24 that WESTBROOK KELVIN R (Director) sold a total of 12,666 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 12 ’24 and was made at $27.32 per share for $0.35 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 34359.0 shares of the MOS stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 13 ’24, Precourt Walter F. III (Officer) Proposed Sale 39,748 shares at an average price of $27.96 for $1.11 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Mosaic Company (MOS).

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