Mosaic (MOS) reported $2.62 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.2%. EPS of $0.49 for the same period compares to $0.65 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.69% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.67 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.39, the EPS surprise was +25.64%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Mosaic performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Mosaic Fertilizantes - Sales volumes - Total Finished Product: 1,847 KTon compared to the 1,938.02 KTon average estimate based on five analysts.
- Potash - Average finished product selling price (destination): $234 compared to the $237.21 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Phosphates - Sales volumes - Total Finished Product: 1,498 KTon versus 1,591.66 KTon estimated by five analysts on average.
- Potash - Sales volumes - Total Finished Product: 2,113 KTon versus the five-analyst average estimate of 2,154.66 KTon.
- Phosphates - Average finished product selling price (destination): $632 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $649.44.
- Phosphates - Realized costs - Sulfur: 157 $/Ton compared to the 156.99 $/Ton average estimate based on four analysts.
- Phosphates - Realized costs - Blended rock: 77 $/Ton versus the four-analyst average estimate of 79.75 $/Ton.
- Phosphates - Realized costs - Ammonia: 416 $/Ton versus the four-analyst average estimate of 406.13 $/Ton.
- Net Sales- Phosphates: $1.10 billion compared to the $1.15 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6% year over year.
- Net Sales- Mosaic Fertilizantes: $934 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.02 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.4%.
- Net Sales- Corporate and Other: $18 million versus -$33.01 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -194.7% change.
- Net Sales- Potash: $570 million versus $516.70 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -11.4% change.
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Shares of Mosaic have returned +29.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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