Insider Trading Watch List: Mosaic (MOS)

Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) insider has recently participated in insider trading activity. Director, Popowich James L. bought 3,000 shares for $ 70,710 via one transaction Feb 16. Another notable insider trading was done by Gitzel Timothy S. on Feb 16, who is the Director. The insider acquired 10,000 shares at an average price of $23.35. Moreover, an insider selling of 5,298 shares was carried out by Davis Gary N., Sr VP – Phosphate Operations, on Jul 23. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 27,047 shares in total. EVP, Chief Financial Officer MACK RICHARD L sold 9,582shares for $ 435,436            through one transaction Jun 01. Following this sale, this insider’s stake in the company comprises 78,752 shares, priced at $1992425.6 as of Wednesday.

The stock has experienced a total of 3 insider trades in the past three months. These trades include 0 sell activities and 3 buy trades. Furthermore, over the past 12 months, the stock was traded 32 times by insiders. In 16 of these trades, the insider was a seller while an employee of the company was the buyer in just 16 instances.

On February 17, 2016, Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL) announced that Corrine D. Ricard, Senior Vice President, Human Resources of Mosaic Co (MOS), has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. The Mosaic Company (Mosaic) is one of the world’s leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Mosaic serves customers in approximately 40 countries. Mosaic is headquartered in Plymouth, MN, with 2015 net sales of $8.9 billion.

David A. Roberts, Executive Chairman, said, “We are very excited to have Corrine join our board. Corrine’s expertise in human resources and business development, in addition to her extensive international experience, will be tremendously valuable to Carlisle and its shareholders as we continue to pursue our growth objectives.”

The Mosaic Company produces and markets concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients for the agricultural industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Phosphates and Potash. The Phosphates segment owns and operates mines in Florida. It offers concentrated phosphate crop nutrients, such as diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, and ammoniated phosphate products. This segment also offers phosphate-based animal feed ingredients primarily under the Biofos and Nexfos brand names. The Potash segment produces and sells potash for use as fertilizers and animal feed ingredients, as well as for use in industrial applications. It also offers potash products for use in the de-icing and as a water softener regenerant, as well as fluorosilicic acid for water fluoridation.