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The Mosaic Company (MOS) stock

Phosphate and potash , market cap $7.1B

$22.99
+0.97%

As of Tuesday's close · Live for Pro members at the open

Quality Score
-3
Poor
In its industry
#5of 5
Checks firing
3of 14
Trending down
From 52-week high
-28.7%
under its best in a year

MOS's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to -3. Buying reached its highest in 20 days (2 chart checks started).

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Why is MOS up?

Up 26% from Oct 29 to Nov 10.

  • Mosaic rose 26% from Oct 29 to Nov 10. 18 points of it came on Nov 4, the session after its Nov 3 results.

Sources: Price history, Nov 10, 2026; SEC filing, Nov 3, 2026

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Why MOS still lags the market over three years

Down 26% over the three years to Nov 9 while the S&P 500 rose 80%; up 26% since Oct 29.

4 reasons, from its filings, with the timeline, for Pro members.

Key facts on MOS

Key facts on MOS
Since its 2022 highDown 71% profit $1.63B → a $1.12B loss a year
Latest filing10-Q, Nov 4 Filed its quarterly report (10-Q) for the quarter to Sep 30, 2026
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MOS in the news

Wed Nov 4Mosaic Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results SEC filing 4:33 PM ET · PR Newswire and 2 more MOS closed +17.4% that day.

Outlet counts from the GDELT Project.

What moves fertilizer

Urea$420.00+3.1%a metric ton, monthly average, Octoberfrom Sep

The average price of urea, the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer, in the month. It is made from natural gas.

World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), CC BY 4.0, October. Change from September.

DAP, potash, and natural gas, for Pro members.

What's next

Fri Dec 4: Ex-dividend, $0.22 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 18.

MOS catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed +4.5% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.

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Why MOS scores -3

Poorfor quality, not price, 3 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means

  • +3Chart checks 3 of 14 firing right now, one point each
  • −3Long-term trend below a falling 200-⁠day average, down over one year, down over two years
  • Profit subtractsRead on the last four quarters against the four before, or the last full year where no quarters are filed.
  • Growth subtractsSales and margins against a year earlier: up to +3 for fast growth and widening margins, down to -2 when both shrink.
  • Cash flow subtracts-1 when free cash flow over the last four quarters is negative.
  • News adds
  • Insider trades subtracts

No effect today: Run-up, Size, Dilution, Volatility, and Persistence.

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How MOS ranks in Fertilizers

MOS is #5 of 5 by Quality Score.

How MOS ranks in Fertilizers
RankStockQuality Score
5The Mosaic Company (MOS) logoMOSThe Mosaic-3

More in Fertilizers

When does MOS report earnings, and what happens after?

Expected to report Tue Feb 23, after the close (in 105 days).

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What MOS reported on Nov 3, 2026

The quarter

Sales of $3.1B, 10% less than a year ago; a loss of $0.23 a share, from a profit of $1.29.

“Results primarily reflected lower sales volumes across all segments and higher raw material costs in Phosphate and Mosaic Fertilizante s, which were partially offset by higher phosphate prices.”

The quarter that ended Sep 30, from the company's press release

The press releaseThe filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

Where the quarter's sales came from
LineQ3
2026
Q2
2026
Q3
2025
By product
Product Type Oneup 2.5%$976M31%$930M33%$952M28%

Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 4)

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The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
MeasureFigure
FY2026
Mosaic Biosciences net sales$135Mkept

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 3)

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In the company's words

  • “Fourth-quarter stripping margins and adjusted EBITDA are expected to decline further as higher-cost raw materials purchased and consumed during the third quarter flow through cost of goods sold, reflecting the two- to three-month inventory cycle.”

From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 3)

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The numbers

Market value
$7.1B
today
Sales
$12B
up 0.02% on the year
Free cash flow
-$808M
last 12 months

Sales grew 6.8% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Pays $0.88 a share a year.

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The whole report on MOS: every line of its sales, every outlook beside the one it replaced, and the company's words, for Pro members.

Close after the report, last 3

+2.8%+3.1%+17.4%
May 11Aug 4Nov 3
ReportedGapReaction5
days
Nov 3, 2026After close+3.1%+17.4%+24.8%
Aug 4, 2026After close-4.5%+3.1%+1.7%
May 11, 2026No time given+0.3%+2.8%-1.7%

MOS closed higher after 3 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and MOS's Quality Score going into each

MOS sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in three of the last seven years, to $12B in 2025. It made a profit in seven of the eight years.

MOS has 3 of 14 chart checks firing

Volume1 of 3 shown
Tight range1 of 3 shown
Buying1 of 3 shown
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MOS RSI today: 67.9, above its 50-day, below its 200-day

Not scored

RSI 67.9, MACD above signal, above its 50-day, below its 200-day. Not scored.

The deep dive on MOS

9 more findings on MOS, each with its source, for Pro members.

Is MOS's dividend covered? What its financials say

Its free cash flow over the last four quarters was -$808M, while it paid dividends.

MOS's dividend against its free cash flow
Dividend$0.88 a share a year Paid 4 times a year
Paid outAbout $280M a year $0.88 a share on 318M shares, its average count in the quarter to Sep 30, 2026
Free cash flow-$808M The last four quarters, to Sep 30, 2026

MOS insider trades

One insider sold $509K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellWalter F. Precourt III$509KSVP - Chief Admin Officerat $22.12 on Aug 19, filed Aug 21

MOS trades by Congress and the executive branch

7 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:

BuyRo Khanna$1K to $15KHousetraded Jul 20, disclosed Aug 7(18 days later)
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MOS's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

9 more officers and directors file at MOS.

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Which ETFs hold MOS?

In ETFs: MOS is under 0.1% of DGRO, under 0.1% of VYM, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.

About The Mosaic Company

Mosaic is one of the largest phosphate and potash producers in the world. The company's assets include phosphate rock mines in the US and potash mines in Canada. Mosaic also runs a large fertilizer distribution operation in Brazil through its Mosaic Fertilizantes business.

13,249 employeesTampa, FLmosaicco.com

What The Mosaic Company says it competes with

“Because crop nutrients are global commodities available from numerous sources, crop nutrition companies compete primarily on the basis of delivered price.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Feb 27, 2026

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As of Nov 10, 2026: MOS's Quality Score is -3 (Poor), #5 of 5 in Fertilizers. Insiders sold $509K in the last 6 months (Form 4).

What does MOS's Quality Score say?

MOS scores -3 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #5 of 5 in Agricultural Chemicals by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 26% from Oct 29 to Nov 10. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is MOS's Quality Score?

MOS scores -3 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #5 of 5 in Agricultural Chemicals by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind MOS's -3.

Are insiders buying MOS?

One insider sold $509K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest is Walter F. Precourt III, SVP - Chief Admin Officer, who sold $509K on Aug 19.

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