Mosaic Co (MOS): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner
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) pushed the Chemicals industry higher today making it today's featured chemicals winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Mosaic rose $1.68 (2.9%) to $59.98 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2,173,287 shares of Mosaic exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,944,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $58.37-$60.18 after having opened the day at $58.47 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $58.30. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:
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), up 10.1%,
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), up 7.6%,
Oil-Dri Corporation of America
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), up 6.6% and
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), up 5.8%.
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The Mosaic Company produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the agriculture industry worldwide. Mosaic has a market cap of $17.3 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
TheStreet Ratings rates Mosaic as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Mosaic Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 6.5%,
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), down 5.0%,
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), down 4.8% and
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), down 2.3% , were all laggards within the chemicals industry with
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) being today's chemicals industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider
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