A look at Mosaic Company’s (MOS) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Friday, Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) opened higher 0.07% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $27.70. Price fluctuations for MOS have ranged from $26.09 to $40.67 over the past 52 weeks.

Basic Materials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 11.82% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -29.02% at the time writing. With a float of $316.05 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $324.10 million.

The firm has a total of 14049 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.71%, operating margin of 7.42%, and the pretax margin is 2.1%.

Mosaic Company (MOS) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Agricultural Inputs industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Mosaic Company is 0.72%, while institutional ownership is 87.78%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 13 ’24, was worth 1,111,478. In this transaction SVP – Chief Admin Officer of this company sold 39,748 shares at a rate of $27.96, taking the stock ownership to the 136,682 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 12 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 12,666 for $27.32, making the entire transaction worth $346,042. This insider now owns 34,359 shares in total.

Mosaic Company (MOS) Earnings and Forecasts

If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 6/30/2024, the company posted 0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 0.75) by -0.07. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.7 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -29.02% per share during the next fiscal year.

Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Mosaic Company (MOS). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.72. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.00.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.74, a number that is poised to hit 0.68 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.70 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Mosaic Company (MOS)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Mosaic Company, MOS], we can find that recorded value of 3.16 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 4.5 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic%D was 65.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.84.

During the past 100 days, Mosaic Company’s (MOS) raw stochastic average was set at 22.19%, which indicates a significant decrease from 38.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.21% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 31.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $28.25, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.45. Now, the first resistance to watch is $27.93. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $28.14. The third major resistance level sits at $28.35. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $27.51, it is likely to go to the next support level at $27.30. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $27.09.

Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) Key Stats

There are currently 321,689K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 8.83 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 13,696 M according to its annual income of 1,165 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,817 M and its income totaled -161,500 K.