
The Mosaic Company (MOS) is a leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the global agriculture industry, based in Tampa, Florida. Valued at $9.2 billion by market cap, the company is expected to announce its fiscal Q2 earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect MOS to report a profit of $0.68 per share, down 34.6% from $1.04 per share in the previous year's quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in one of the past four quarters while missing on three other occasions. However, in the most recent quarter, the company reported an EPS of $0.65, exceeding the consensus estimate by a margin of 8.3%.