10,154 Shares in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) Purchased by Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC.

Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC. bought a new position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 10,154 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $272,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of MOS. Highlander Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 515.4% during the first quarter. Highlander Capital Management LLC now owns 800 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 670 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of Mosaic by 40.0% during the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,229 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 351 shares during the period. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the 2nd quarter valued at $46,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC bought a new stake in shares of Mosaic during the 2nd quarter valued at $49,000. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in Mosaic by 23.2% in the 3rd quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 2,037 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 384 shares during the period. 77.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Mosaic Stock Performance

NYSE MOS opened at $25.44 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.51, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.35. The Mosaic Company has a fifty-two week low of $24.11 and a fifty-two week high of $38.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 12th. The basic materials company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by ($0.24). Mosaic had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 6.00%. The business had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.17 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. Mosaic’s revenue was down 20.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 2.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be paid a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 74.34%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MOS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Mosaic from $29.00 to $27.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Mosaic from $32.00 to $30.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $33.22.

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.