California Public Employees Retirement System Has $10.04 Million Stake in The Mosaic Company $MOS

California Public Employees Retirement System lowered its holdings in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) by 33.5% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 393,720 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 198,323 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Mosaic were worth $10,040,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC grew its stake in shares of Mosaic by 87.5% in the fourth quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 376,905 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $9,080,000 after buying an additional 175,914 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new stake in Mosaic during the fourth quarter worth $1,302,000. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in Mosaic by 35.8% during the fourth quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 2,978,232 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $71,746,000 after acquiring an additional 785,057 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Mosaic by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 39,123,171 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $942,477,000 after acquiring an additional 461,524 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in Mosaic by 764.2% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 734,482 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $17,694,000 after acquiring an additional 649,490 shares during the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on MOS. Berenberg Bank lowered their price objective on shares of Mosaic from $28.00 to $27.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Mosaic from $27.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set a $25.00 price target on Mosaic in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Mosaic from $24.00 to $19.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Mosaic from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $27.11.

Mosaic Trading Up 0.3%

MOS stock opened at $22.36 on Friday. The Mosaic Company has a one year low of $19.80 and a one year high of $37.35. The stock has a market cap of $7.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 171.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $22.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 0.45.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 11th. The basic materials company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.15). The company had revenue of $3 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.93 billion. Mosaic had a net margin of 0.36% and a return on equity of 4.66%. Mosaic’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 0.73 EPS for the current year.

Mosaic News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Mosaic this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research upgraded Mosaic from “strong sell” to “hold,” suggesting the recent outlook is less bearish than before. Zacks.com
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts’ overall rating picture is now averaging to “Hold,” indicating Wall Street remains cautious but not uniformly negative. American Banking News article
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research lowered Mosaic’s FY2026 EPS estimate to $0.75 from $0.86, signaling weaker expected near-term profitability. Zacks.com
• Negative Sentiment: FY2027 and FY2028 estimates were also cut, along with multiple quarterly forecasts for 2026–2028, reinforcing concerns about earnings momentum. Zacks.com

Mosaic Profile

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.