Mosaic Co (MOS) Gets a Hold Rating from Stifel Nicolaus


In a report released today, Vincent Anderson from Stifel Nicolaus maintained a Hold rating on Mosaic Co (MOS), with a price target of $14.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $11.90.

According to TipRanks.com, Anderson is a 1-star analyst with an average return of -9.5% and a 37.8% success rate. Anderson covers the Industrial Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Compass Minerals International, Archer Daniels Midland, and Eastman Chemical.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Mosaic Co with a $16.93 average price target, representing a 49.2% upside. In a report issued on April 28, Cleveland Research also maintained a Hold rating on the stock.

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Based on Mosaic Co’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.8 billion and GAAP net loss of $203 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $1.9 billion and had a net profit of $131 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 25 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of MOS in relation to earlier this year.

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The Mosaic Co. engages in the production and marketing of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The company operates its businesses through its wholly and majority owned subsidiaries. It operates through the following segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. The Phosphates segment owns and operates mines and production facilities in North America which produces concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients, and concentrated crop nutrients. The Potash segment owns and operates potash mines and production facilities in North America which produce potash-based crop nutrients, animal feed ingredients, and industrial products. The Mosaic Fertilizantes segment produces and sell phosphate and potash-based crop nutrients, and animal feed ingredients, in Brazil. The company was founded on October 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

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