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How The Mosaic Company stacks up
MOS · against 236 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
34/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #207 of 237 · scores higher than 12% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score16 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including MOS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 34?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 82% of peers. Return on invested capital: -0.1% vs peer median 6.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 1.2% vs peer median 2.5%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.0% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MOS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MOS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 225 reported | -0.1% | 11.7% | 5% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 236 reported | 9.0% | 12.6% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 217 reported | 1.2% | 5.0% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 214 reported | -5.1% | 11.3% | 6% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 238 reported | 11.2% | 30.2% | 11% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MOSScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score