Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is -5.09% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $23.05 and a high of $33.44 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 $23.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.59%.
Currently trading at $23.33, the stock is -11.11% and -10.64% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.8 million and changing -2.47% at the moment leaves the stock -14.21% off its SMA200. MOS registered -24.47% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.60%.
The stock witnessed a -18.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.15%, and is -7.93% 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 4.37% over the week and 3.79% over the month.
Mosaic Company (MOS) has around 14049 employees, a market worth around $7.41B and $11.12B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 42.41 and Fwd P/E is 10.72. Profit margin for the company is 1.57%. Distance from 52-week low is 1.21% and -30.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.18%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 19.68% this year.
Mosaic Company (MOS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 316.93M, and float is at 314.01M with Short Float at 2.76%.
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
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Mosaic Company (MOS) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times.
Mosaic Company disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 13 ’24 that Precourt Walter F. III (SVP – Chief Admin Officer) sold a total of 39,748 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 13 ’24 and was made at $27.96 per share for $1.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.14 million shares of the MOS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 12 ’24, WESTBROOK KELVIN R (Director) disposed off 12,666 shares at an average price of $27.32 for $0.35 million. The insider now directly holds 34,359 shares of Mosaic Company (MOS).
Mosaic Company (MOS): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Nutrien Ltd. (NTR) that is trading -2.67% down over the past 12 months.
