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2. The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 40

The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) also has a stellar dividend history stretching back a decade. On December 17, The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) raised the quarterly dividend by 50% to $0.1125 per share. The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) markets fertilizers and agricultural chemicals. It was recently named among a group of “resilient” chemicals stocks expected to perform better than peers in 2022 by UBS.

On December 16, The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) reported that it had accumulated a revenue of over $1.2 billion in November, up 71% year-on-year. At the end of the third quarter of 2021, 40 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $912 million in The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS), compared to 43 in the preceding quarter worth $808 million. 

In its Q1 2021 investor letter, Appleseed Fund, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Our most significant contributors to the Fund’s equity performance during the quarter (includes) Mosaic Company (MOS). As for Mosaic, its share price has risen in sympathy with increasing grain prices, which should stimulate additional farmer investment into improving crop yields.”