Terril Brothers Inc. Sells 1,441 Shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Terril Brothers Inc. lowered its position in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) by 1.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 125,490 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 1,441 shares during the period. Mosaic comprises 1.6% of Terril Brothers Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 21st largest position. Terril Brothers Inc.’s holdings in Mosaic were worth $4,484,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich increased its position in shares of Mosaic by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 1,435,687 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $51,297,000 after buying an additional 72,220 shares in the last quarter. Stevens Capital Management LP acquired a new position in Mosaic in the 4th quarter worth $317,000. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp boosted its stake in Mosaic by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 67,192 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,401,000 after purchasing an additional 692 shares during the period. Glenorchy Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Mosaic in the 4th quarter worth $1,760,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic in the 4th quarter worth $105,000. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on MOS. TheStreet lowered shares of Mosaic from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 6th. Piper Sandler lowered shares of Mosaic from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $42.00 to $32.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Mosaic from $54.00 to $48.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 1st. Mizuho downgraded shares of Mosaic from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $42.00 to $34.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Mosaic presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.27.

Mosaic Stock Performance

NYSE:MOS traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $30.25. The stock had a trading volume of 2,670,272 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,632,738. The Mosaic Company has a twelve month low of $29.25 and a twelve month high of $43.99. The stock has a market cap of $9.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.67, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.50. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $31.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 1.22.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 22nd. The basic materials company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($0.11). The company had revenue of $3.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.09 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 8.51% and a return on equity of 9.69%. The firm’s revenue was down 29.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.74 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 2.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Mosaic Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be issued a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 6th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.78%. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio is currently 24.07%.

Mosaic Company Profile

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.