Rep. Val T. Hoyle Sells Off Shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Representative Val T. Hoyle (D-Oregon) recently sold shares of The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS). In a filing disclosed on October 10th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Mosaic stock on September 23rd. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “FIDELITY ROLLOVER IRA” account.

Representative Val T. Hoyle also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Transdigm Group (NYSE:TDG) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of NIKE (NYSE:NKE) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Pentair (NYSE:PNR) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Heico (NYSE:HEI.A) on 9/23/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Target (NYSE:TGT) on 9/23/2025.

Mosaic Price Performance

NYSE MOS opened at $30.39 on Friday. The Mosaic Company has a fifty-two week low of $22.36 and a fifty-two week high of $38.23. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $33.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $33.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The firm has a market cap of $9.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.00.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.71 by ($0.20). Mosaic had a net margin of 8.35% and a return on equity of 4.74%. The company had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.11 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.54 earnings per share. Mosaic’s quarterly revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that The Mosaic Company will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mosaic Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 8th were issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 8th. Mosaic’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 29.83%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Mosaic

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. grew its position in Mosaic by 2.8% during the second quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 12,149 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $447,000 after buying an additional 333 shares in the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC grew its position in Mosaic by 0.9% during the first quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 40,256 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,087,000 after buying an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its position in Mosaic by 27.8% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,749 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 380 shares in the last quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Mosaic by 2.7% during the first quarter. Twin Capital Management Inc. now owns 14,590 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $394,000 after buying an additional 384 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in Mosaic by 25.7% during the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,893 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $69,000 after buying an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. 77.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on MOS. Zacks Research lowered Mosaic from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Mosaic from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen lowered Mosaic from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, September 13th. Scotiabank lowered Mosaic from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and cut their target price for the company from $39.00 to $34.00 in a report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on Mosaic from $46.00 to $44.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.83.

About Representative Hoyle

Val Hoyle (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Hoyle (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Val Hoyle was born in California and lives in Springfield, Oregon. Hoyle graduated from Merrimack High School. She earned a B.A. in political science from Emmanuel College in 1992. Her career experience includes working as a director at United Way of Lane County, a policy fellow at Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, and a commissioner at the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. Hoyle has also worked in domestic and international sales, as well as manufacturing distribution.

Mosaic Company Profile

The Mosaic Company, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Phosphates, Potash, and Mosaic Fertilizantes. It owns and operates mines, which produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products; and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names, as well as produces a double sulfate of potash magnesia product under K-Mag brand name.