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The Mosaic Company

Adjusted close as of 2026-10-30
$18.39(+0.88%)

Sagehood’s view on MOS

The Mosaic Company · Research 2026-10-30 · Accepted

Research score

36Bearish50 is balancedScore change +6 since 2026-10-29, from 30 to 36; view unchanged at Bearish. Compare the two recordsConfidence 60 · It is not a calibrated probability of investment success.Confidence across the 100 names in this research run: 45 to 70, median 55.
How to read this score

Dated research brief

WhyMosaic's cash burn drives the bearish view, because operating margin is −1.4% and free cash flow is negative $947 million. The unresolved risk is a peer-implied median of $95.03, 416.7% above the $18.39 close.This view cites the peer-multiple estimate, which this page does not show. See Valuation & peers.
What argues against this viewThe strongest case against the bearish view is the peer-implied median of $95.03, 416.7% above the $18.39 close, with own P/B at the 0th percentile. Deep asset discount could attract buyers despite the negative $947 million free cash flow.
Break conditionFrom the financial specialist: A later reading showing trailing-twelve-month free cash flow below the negative $947 million level would break the cash-generation claim.Tests that specialist’s reading, not this page’s whole Bearish view.

Sagehood does not check this condition automatically. See research limitations below.

Valuation range

No model fair value for this run

No fair-value range was computed for this run: the cash-flow valuation grid was unavailable because forecast free cash flow was negative.

Against peers

Materials
MultipleMOSGroup medianPercentile
P/S0.48×2.10×0th
P/B0.51×3.02×0th
FCF yield−16.22%−0.93%0th
Score details & research limitations9 unavailable fields
Conditions Sagehood can check on its ownNot available in this run. A written break condition is not an automated check; this run does not provide a source-linked rule Sagehood can verify on its own.

Where the break condition comes from: Sagehood research took this condition from the financial specialist. It tests that specialist’s own reading, so it does not say everything that would change this page’s Bearish view.

How to read this research

The score expresses the published research view. 50 is balanced.

Bullish, Neutral or Bearish beside the score is the direction of that view, set by the research from the score: 65 and above is Bullish, 45 to 64 Neutral, 44 and below Bearish.

Confidence is how well the evidence supports this view, not which way it points: Sagehood research is asked to keep it no higher than its most confident specialist, and lower when the specialists disagree or much of the evidence is weak. It is not a calibrated probability of investment success.

Source verification checks the identity and origin of evidence. It does not prove that a claim is correct or that an investment will succeed.

Valuation estimates depend on their inputs and assumptions. They are not guaranteed future prices.

Retrospective research looks back at an earlier period. It is not a verified record of a decision made then using only information available then.

Unavailable is not zero. Read the adjacent reason: information may be missing, unverified or deliberately withheld.

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The session this view is fixed to

Close$18.39 on 2026-10-30, as the research recorded it
Change on the day+0.88%
First eligible market session2026-11-02

Recorded score context

Specialist source coverage8 of 10 specialists have a verified source on this run. 2 do not.
Score reconciliationThe 8 specialist contributions shown add up to the weighted starting point this score was built from.
Change since the last accepted run30 on 2026-10-29 → 36 on 2026-10-30 (+6 points). This is simple arithmetic between the two published scores, not an explanation of the change.
The run this is compared withResearch of 2026-10-29

Not in this run: Run-specific score definition, Confidence band, Horizon, Why the score changed, Today's unexplained move and Blockers.

What this was built from

Filing cited in the evidenceNot recorded on this card. The newest filing on record is under Key financials, and recent filings are listed under SEC filings.
Peer set2 names in Materials: DOW, FCX. How they were chosen is under “Valuation & peers”. “Valuation & peers” says why the peer-multiple estimate is not shown.

Not in this run: Company profile date and Standing disclosure.

Not available in this run

9 fields are unavailable. Each is identified with its reason above; missing information is not zero or a negative research signal.

Price context

· adjusted close $18.39

−14.7% from 2026-06-25

Recent price-basis check: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-30 (20 sessions). Economic comparability outside this window remains unchecked.

MOS adjusted close
Adjusted price · USD · viewing 2026-06-25 to 2026-10-30

Selected 2026-10-30. MOS adjusted close. Continuous series. $18.39 US dollars.

90 daily adjusted-price observations through 2026-10-30, ending at the 2026-10-30 research date. The final point is a dated final close. Shown for context, not point-in-time research evidence: the research used the prices recorded with it.

Use the arrow keys on the chart to step through observations.

Published score history

2026-07-23 to 2026-10-30 · 37 publications

Each point is a verified published score. The line breaks where the research method changed (4 methods, numbered in the order they were first used), so scores are not joined across methods. Hollow points were published after their decision window (retrospective).

Every published score and confidence
Research dateScoreViewConfidenceMethod
2026-10-3036Bearish60Method 4
2026-10-2930Bearish60Method 4
2026-10-2830Bearish55Method 4
2026-10-2735Bearish60Method 4
2026-10-2632Bearish70Method 4
2026-10-2324Bearish62Method 4
2026-10-2224Bearish72Method 4
2026-10-2131Bearish60Method 4
2026-10-1634Bearish62Method 4
2026-10-0930Bearish70Method 4
2026-10-0733Bearish55Method 4
2026-10-0233Bearish60Method 4
2026-10-0136Bearish70Method 4
2026-09-3037Bearish55Method 4
2026-09-2939Bearish55Method 4
2026-09-2841Bearish55Method 4
2026-09-2538Bearish60Method 4
2026-09-24 · retrospective38Bearish60Method 4
2026-09-2338Bearish50Method 4
2026-09-1840Bearish75Method 4
2026-09-16 · retrospective38Bearish45Method 4
2026-09-09 · retrospective42Bearish65Method 4
2026-09-0440Bearish50Method 4
2026-09-01 · retrospective44Bearish69Method 4
2026-08-31 · retrospective38Bearish69Method 3
2026-08-2837Bearish69Method 3
2026-08-26 · retrospective37Bearish69Method 3
2026-08-24 · retrospective38Bearish69Method 3
2026-08-20 · retrospective38Bearish69Method 3
2026-08-19 · retrospective38Bearish70Method 3
2026-08-1438Bearish70Method 2
2026-08-1341Bearish70Method 1
2026-08-0741Bearish69Method 1
2026-08-0641Bearish69Method 1
2026-08-0441Bearish69Method 1
2026-07-3142Bearish54Method 1
2026-07-2340Bearish52Method 1

Specialists

8 of 10 published specialist analyses are available.

Each specialist’s view is shown as the published research recorded it; supporting detail appears only when it was recorded with that same view.

2 unavailable

MOS research

Financial specialist

Showing Financial specialist result.

Financial specialist

Evaluated for this session

Bearish

Mosaic's trailing revenue grew 8.8%, but operating margin fell to −1.4% and free cash flow was negative $947 million, with interest coverage at −0.78.

Full analyst note

What the specialist sees

Evidence: trailing-twelve-month revenue was $12,248 million with 8.8% growth, near the 8.7% universe revenue-growth median, while trailing-twelve-month operating margin was −1.4% versus the 17.0% universe operating-margin median.

Why it matters now

Negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage show the business is not covering its costs, and the −8.5 percentage-point operating-margin decline confirms deterioration.

What could change the view

Countercase: The 8.8% trailing-twelve-month revenue growth could reverse, and the negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage may worsen if margins keep contracting. Falsifier: A later reading showing trailing-twelve-month free cash flow below the negative $947 million level would break the cash-generation claim.

Specialist score details
Specialist score
20
Evidence confidence
60
Base weight for this role
0.13
Base weight × confidence
7.80
Weight in the score (the chip's weight)
0.17
Weighted contribution
3.37
Business driver
Trailing-twelve-month revenue was $12,248 million with 8.8% growth, near the 8.7% universe revenue-growth median, while trailing-twelve-month operating margin was −1.4% versus the 17.0% universe operating-margin median.
Mechanism
Negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage show the business is not covering its costs, and the −8.5 percentage-point operating-margin decline confirms deterioration.
Countercase
The 8.8% trailing-twelve-month revenue growth could reverse, and the negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage may worsen if margins keep contracting.
Contributions & coverage details

Specialist contributions

Each specialist’s recorded numbers, in the usual specialist order, as recorded: nothing is re-ranked or recalculated. Weights and contributions show two decimals; hover for the exact value.

Financial specialist

Bearish

Score
20
Evidence confidence
60
Weight in the score
0.17
Weighted contribution
3.37

Risk specialist

Bearish

Score
30
Evidence confidence
62
Weight in the score
0.11
Weighted contribution
3.22

Sector specialist

Bearish

Score
32
Evidence confidence
55
Weight in the score
0.12
Weighted contribution
3.81

SEC filings specialist

Neutral

Score
47
Evidence confidence
48
Weight in the score
0.03
Weighted contribution
1.46

News specialist

Neutral

Score
50
Evidence confidence
45
Weight in the score
0.11
Weighted contribution
5.35

Price-trend specialist

Bearish

Score
32
Evidence confidence
60
Weight in the score
0.26
Weighted contribution
8.30

Valuation specialist

Neutral

Score
50
Evidence confidence
30
Weight in the score
0.10
Weighted contribution
5.19

Economy specialist

Neutral

Score
50
Evidence confidence
60
Weight in the score
0.10
Weighted contribution
5.19

Published specialist analyses unavailable: Geopolitics specialist, Social-media specialist. No specialist result is inferred.

  • Geopolitics specialist: This specialist had no checked public source on this run, so no source-backed analysis is shown.
  • Social-media specialist: This specialist had no checked public source on this run, so no source-backed analysis is shown.

How this insight was formed

Each specialist view shown here is checked against the published research files. Sagehood research combined those views into the one Research Score above.

Evidence & method

Inspect the reasoning, source records and valuation behind this dated view.

Sagehood research reasoningSpecialist reasoning, selected statements and filing context
Accepted publication2026-10-30 researchNext eligible session 2026-11-02point-in-time

MOS: Sagehood research reasoning

Accepted research score

36

Bearish50 is balanced
Lead specialist in the research decision:

Financial specialist

Bearish

Specialist score 20Evidence confidence 60
What the specialist sees

Trailing-twelve-month revenue was $12,248 million with 8.8% growth, near the 8.7% universe revenue-growth median, while trailing-twelve-month operating margin was −1.4% versus the 17.0% universe operating-margin median.

Why it matters

Negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage show the business is not covering its costs, and the −8.5 percentage-point operating-margin decline confirms deterioration.

What argues against it

The 8.8% trailing-twelve-month revenue growth could reverse, and the negative $947 million free cash flow and −0.78 interest coverage may worsen if margins keep contracting.

This specialist’s break condition: A later reading showing trailing-twelve-month free cash flow below the negative $947 million level would break the cash-generation claim.

How the score was formed

The specialists’ weighted starting point was 35.89. Sagehood research’s adjustment was +0.11. 30 on 2026-10-29 → 36 on 2026-10-30 (+6 points). This is simple arithmetic between the two published scores, not an explanation of the change.

Evidence Sagehood research weighed

These selected claims are evidence Sagehood research weighed, not a reconstruction of the numeric adjustment.

Claims as this research published them. Sagehood confirms each claim and its support were published together with this research. That is not an independent check, and it does not prove the claim is accurate or predict future performance.

  1. Financial specialist

    Same statement as under “What the specialist sees” above.

  2. Risk specialist

    MOS shows drawdown from the one-year high −40.3% against maximum one-year drawdown −43.9%, one-year large daily-move count 39, twenty-day annualized volatility 41.0% against sixty-day annualized volatility 39.7% with volatility trend stable, downside beta 1.25 against SPY beta 0.57, and days to earnings 4.

  3. Price-trend specialist

    MOS closed at $18.39, 22.0% below its 200-day average and 16.4% below its 50-day average, with the 1-year channel at trend-channel position −1.55 standard deviations and the 90-day channel at trend-channel position −1.13 standard deviations.

Sagehood research decision

The investment case, main risk and break condition are the ones shown under Sagehood’s view at the top of this page.

Recorded break condition
Break condition as kept in the decision trail

A later reading showing TTM free cash flow below the negative $947 million level would break the cash-generation claim.

Evidence & sourcesClaim-support availability, filing-context links and research method

MOS: This run has no checked links from its claims to their evidence. The specialists’ writing is shown as recorded, and no missing evidence is filled in.

Research evidence at a glance

Accepted specialist evidence · no score adjustment

Key figures

Fundamentals

Trailing-twelve-month revenue was $12,248 million with 8.8% growth, near the 8.7% universe revenue-growth median, while trailing-twelve-month operating margin was −1.4% versus the 17.0% universe operating-margin median.

Valuation model

No DCF grid is available because the FCF path is negative, and the peer-implied median of $95.03 is 416.7% above the $18.39 close, while own P/B is at the 0th percentile.

See the note under Why at the top of this page.

Potential upside

  • No DCF grid is available, so the read rests on the peer-implied median of $95.03, which is 416.7% above the $18.39 close, and own P/B sits at the 0th percentile.

See the note under Why at the top of this page.

Potential downside

  • Mosaic's trailing revenue grew 8.8%, but operating margin fell to −1.4% and free cash flow was negative $947 million, with interest coverage at −0.78.

Questions to watch

  • A later reading showing trailing-twelve-month free cash flow below the negative $947 million level would break the cash-generation claim.

  • A later reading showing the peer-implied median below the threshold of $95.03 would break the bullish read.

See the note under Why at the top of this page.

Accepted research

Research dated 2026-10-30.

How this research was made

This research is AI-generated and is not investment advice.

Research date
2026-10-30
Valuation & peersInput limits notedFair-value cells, peer multiples and the inputs behind the range

Valuation the research computed

Against the 2026-10-30 close of $18.39 (recorded)

Fundamentals reference date: 2026-06-30.

No fair-value range this session: the cash-flow valuation grid was unavailable because forecast free cash flow was negative

The peer-multiple estimate is not shown: it is 5.2 times the close.

Peers: the 2 Liquid 100 names in Materials that this run priced. Companies outside the Liquid 100 are not in the set.

The names: DOW, FCX.

Multiples against the peer group

Materials · 2 companies in the group

  • Price to earnings (trailing twelve months)Not computed in this research

    Peer median 30.62× · middle half 30.62× to 30.62×

  • Price to sales0.48×

    Peer median 2.10× · middle half 1.37× to 2.84× · 0th percentile of the group

  • Price to book0.51×

    Peer median 3.02× · middle half 2.29× to 3.75× · 0th percentile of the group

  • Free cash flow yield−16.22%

    Peer median −0.93% · middle half −0.93% to −0.93% · 0th percentile of the group

This run declares Enterprise value to EBITDA and computes no value for it, for this company or for its peer group.

Evidence limits: 6 valuation inputs required conservative handling: another valuation input required conservative handling; tax expense is not among this research’s inputs; depreciation and amortization were available but not used because this version does not compute an EV/EBITDA multiple; debt coverage was incomplete; the cash-flow valuation grid was unavailable because forecast free cash flow was negative.

Includes the currently displayed specialist or comparison, not every specialist. Dates and limitations remain attached.

Sagehood research is for general information. It is not individualized investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

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