Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Mosaic offers recovery optionality if fertilizer demand strengthens and sulfur constraints ease, but the latest operating evidence remains mixed: second-quarter sales volumes were subdued, sulfur availability and affordability constrained phosphate operations, and management reduced phosphate production while preserving the ability to restore rates. The issuer-displayed August 28 closing price of $23.60 sits between its $19.80 and $36.99 52-week endpoints.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets19 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$19.00
Mean target$27.26
High · most bullish analyst$35.00
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$19.0020%

The downside case assumes sulfur costs remain above the latest contracted level, phosphate volumes fall below the second-quarter baseline, and weak grower economics or Brazilian credit constraints prolong demand softness. The target uses the issuer-displayed 52-week low rather than an unsupported forecast.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$27.2660%
Matches the consensus mean

The most likely outcome is a gradual rather than immediate recovery. Potash and phosphate demand may improve, but sulfur pressure, weak affordability, reduced phosphate production, and Brazil credit constraints can offset that benefit.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$35.0020%

A recovery toward the upper end of the recent trading range is plausible if constrained Chinese phosphate exports keep markets balanced-to-tight, North American nutrient replenishment improves demand, and Mosaic restores phosphate production as sulfur availability and affordability normalize. The price target uses the issuer-displayed 52-week high rather than an uncited valuation estimate.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Management retained the ability to resume full phosphate production rates if market conditions improve.
  • Lower Chinese phosphate exports and expected nutrient replenishment provide a potential demand-and-pricing recovery path.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Sulfur availability and affordability remained a direct constraint on phosphate operations in the second quarter.
  • Brazilian credit constraints and supplier competition can continue to pressure Mosaic Fertilizantes demand and margins.
  • Idling Araxá and related Patrocínio mining activity is expected to reduce annual Mosaic Fertilizantes phosphate production by approximately one million tonnes.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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