Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC. Increases Stock Holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC. boosted its position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) by 43.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,537 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,383 shares during the period. Blackhawk Capital Partners LLC.’s holdings in Mosaic were worth $357,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its position in shares of Mosaic by 190.8% in the fourth quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,593,914 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $39,178,000 after purchasing an additional 1,045,812 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in Mosaic by 44.2% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,218,410 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $86,189,000 after buying an additional 986,812 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its holdings in shares of Mosaic by 40.6% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 3,279,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $87,817,000 after buying an additional 947,500 shares during the last quarter. Donald Smith & CO. Inc. raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 32.1% during the 3rd quarter. Donald Smith & CO. Inc. now owns 2,751,580 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $73,687,000 after buying an additional 668,347 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in shares of Mosaic by 13.9% during the 3rd quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 2,939,404 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $78,717,000 after buying an additional 359,760 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Mosaic Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of Mosaic stock opened at $25.33 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $26.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $26.49. The Mosaic Company has a 52-week low of $23.56 and a 52-week high of $33.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.34.

Mosaic Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be given a $0.22 dividend. This is a boost from Mosaic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.47%. Mosaic’s payout ratio is presently 77.88%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $30.00 target price on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays lowered Mosaic from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $30.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Mosaic from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Mizuho upped their target price on Mosaic from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $33.80.

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.