What Are the Fundamentals Of MOS?

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, January 10 12:02 • Permanent Link

Mosaic Company logged a -3.6% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $45.48 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.1%. MOS's trading volume is 1,557,049 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,027,454.

Mosaic Company trades -26.72% away from its average analyst target price of $62.06 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $49 to $92, and on average have given Mosaic Company a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in MOS, you'll want to know the following:

Mosaic Company's current price is 58.2% above its Graham number of $28.75, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Mosaic Company has moved 16.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -17.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 10.25, Mosaic Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
MOS has a forward P/E ratio of 4.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.87 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.27 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Mosaic Company is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.3 compared to its sector average of 1.86
The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally.
Based in Tampa, the company has 12,525 full time employees and a market cap of $15,485,075,456. Mosaic Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.1%.

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