Calamos Advisors LLC Makes New $714,000 Investment in The Mosaic Company $MOS

Calamos Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 27,999 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $714,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of MOS. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Mosaic by 169.3% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 956 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 601 shares during the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new position in Mosaic during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position in Mosaic by 72.9% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 1,245 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 525 shares during the last quarter. Gen Wealth Partners Inc bought a new position in Mosaic in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new position in Mosaic in the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 77.54% of the company’s stock.

Mosaic Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MOS opened at $22.48 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 0.45. The firm has a market cap of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 172.90, a P/E/G ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $22.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $24.96. The Mosaic Company has a one year low of $19.80 and a one year high of $37.53.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The basic materials company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by ($0.15). The firm had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.93 billion. Mosaic had a return on equity of 4.66% and a net margin of 0.36%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.49 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that The Mosaic Company will post 0.83 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MOS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Mosaic from $25.00 to $22.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Mosaic from $24.00 to $19.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Mosaic from $31.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Mosaic from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Mosaic from $31.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.11.

About Mosaic

Mosaic Co is one of the world’s leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The company’s primary business activities center on the extraction, processing and distribution of phosphate rock, phosphate-based fertilizers and potash products. These core nutrients are essential components in modern agriculture, supporting crop yields and soil health across a range of farming applications.

In its phosphate segment, Mosaic operates mining and production facilities that convert phosphate rock into concentrated phosphates, finished phosphate fertilizers and feed phosphates for animal nutrition.