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The Mosaic Co (FRA:02M) PB Ratio : 0.81 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is The Mosaic Co PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-27), The Mosaic Co's share price is €28.15. The Mosaic Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €34.77. Hence, The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.81.

Good Sign:

The Mosaic Co stock PB Ratio (=0.8) is close to 3-year low of 0.79

The historical rank and industry rank for The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:02M' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.13   Max: 2.48
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, The Mosaic Co's highest PB Ratio was 2.48. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.13.

FRA:02M's PB Ratio is ranked better than
77.46% of 244 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 1.495 vs FRA:02M: 0.80

During the past 12 months, The Mosaic Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The Mosaic Co was 33.30% per year. The lowest was -34.10% per year. And the median was 2.50% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


The Mosaic Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Mosaic Co PB Ratio Chart

The Mosaic Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 0.84 1.38 1.20 0.93

The Mosaic Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.20 1.24 0.93 0.99 0.93

Competitive Comparison of The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio falls into.



The Mosaic Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

The Mosaic Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=28.15/34.773
=0.81

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


The Mosaic Co  (FRA:02M) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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The Mosaic Co (FRA:02M) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2500, Tampa, FL, USA, 33602
Formed in 2004 by the combination of IMC Global and Cargill's fertilizer business, Mosaic is one of the largest phosphate and potash producers in the world. The company's assets include phosphate rock mines in Florida, Brazil, and Peru and potash mines in Saskatchewan, New Mexico, and Brazil. Mosaic also runs a large fertilizer distribution operation in Brazil through its Mosiac Fertilizantes business, which the company acquired from Vale in 2018.

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