A Florida facility is the scene of one of the biggest-ever capital projects by agribusiness giant The Mosaic Co, The Ledger of Lakeland, Fla., reports on plans by Plymouth-based Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) to spend $225 million to expand a fertilizer plant in Mulberry, Fla. Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) shares after opening at $50.01 moved to $50.23 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $49.82. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.00 and price to cash ratio as 3.59. Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.11%.
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)(NYSE:POT) shares moved little on Friday, following the company’s mixed earnings results and subsequent round of bullish brokerage notes. To be specific, while Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) revealed a first-quarter profit decline that wasn’t as steep as analysts’ projected, the company also downwardly adjusted its earnings forecast for the current quarter. Ultimately, the stock has maintained a three-month gain of roughly 12% to perch at $35.72, which may not have been what POT’s recent options traders had expected. In the past 10 trading days on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), puts have been bought to open, relative to calls, at a near-annual-high pace, with the resulting put/call volume ratio of 0.99 ranking just 6 percentage points from a 12-month peak. Luckily for the short-term option buyers, POT’s Schaeffer’s Volatility Index (SVI) of 20% ranks in the bottom 7% of its annual range, indicating front-month contracts are cheaper than usual right now, from a volatility perspective. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)(NYSE:POT) shares advanced 0.25% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.25. POT return on equity ratio is recorded as 16.50% and its return on assets is 8.70%. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)(NYSE:POT) yearly performance is -9.80%.
Northland Securities upgraded shares of MeetMe (NASDAQ:MEET) to an outperform rating in a report released on Wednesday, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET) shares was closed at $2.78 while trading in range of $ 2.75 -2.94. MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:MEET) year to date (YTD) performance is 51.91%.
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.01, Analyst Ratings News reports. The company had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.14 billion. Mastercard Inc(NYSE:MA) weekly performance is -.017%. On last trading day company shares ended up $74.22. Mastercard Inc(NYSE:MA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.05%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $89.62.