Potash Prices Are Set to Improve for Mosaic; Maintaining Fair Value Estimate
Like other fertilizer producers, Mosaic dealt with lower prices in the third quarter, but a better outlook is on the horizon. With the company's results largely meeting our expectations, we've maintained our Mosaic fair value estimate at $33 per share and our no-moat rating.Sales decreased about 7% year over year as big gains in potash (+36%) and phosphate (+23%) volumes helped offset dramatic price declines for both crop nutrients. Excluding freight charges, Mosaic's average potash selling pri...
Mosaic is a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The company is organized into three reportable business segments: Phosphates, which owns and operates mines and production facilities in Florida that produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients and phosphate-based animal feed ingredients, and processing plants in Louisiana that produce concentrated phosphate crop nutrients; Potash, which mines and processes potash in Canada and the United States and sells potash in North America and internationally; and Mosaic Fertilizantes, which produces and sells concentrated phosphates crop nutrients, phosphate-based animal feed ingredients and potash fertilizer.
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