MOS vs CTVA vs BCPC Stock Comparison

Mosaic, Corteva and Balchem Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MOS Mosaic Co
$17.70 -23.0% 1M -41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.96B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$12.25B
Div. yield
0.05%
Fertilizers Basic Materials
CTVA Corteva, Inc.
$11.93 -84.8% 1M -81.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.84B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.81B
Div. yield
–
Crop Protection and Seeds Basic Materials
4 wins
BCPC Balchem Corp
$170.62 +1.6% 1M +8.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.38B
P/E
31.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.11B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Balchem leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Balchem 7, Corteva 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMOSCTVABCPCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.96B $7.84B $5.38B CTVA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.3x 7.8x 31.5x CTVA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 52.1x 20.9x 33.1x CTVA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.8% +3.7% +9.4% BCPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.2% 5.7% 15.4% BCPC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.0% 8.4% 12.1% BCPC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.6x 0.5x 0.3x BCPC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.0% -81.3% +8.9% BCPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.5%/yr -22.3%/yr +2.4%/yr BCPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.7% 186.2% 20.7% BCPC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 79/100 67/100 CTVA

Percentile Scorecard

MOSCTVABCPC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMOSCTVABCPC
Valuation 54 #44 of 94 96 #5 of 94 34 #62 of 94
Growth 7 #86 of 92 65 #33 of 92 86 #14 of 92
Profitability 33 #60 of 89 68 #29 of 89 85 #14 of 89
Financial Health 30 #68 of 97 68 #32 of 97 89 #12 of 97
Shareholder Returns 78 #16 of 70 99 #2 of 70 41 #42 of 70
Overall 40 79 67
  • MOS ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • CTVA ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • BCPC ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMOSCTVABCPCSPY
1 month -23.0%-84.8%+1.6% -0.8%
3 months -20.8%-86.4%+3.5% +3.5%
6 months -23.8%-85.0%-2.6% +7.0%
Year to date -26.5%-82.2%+11.3% +12.2%
1 year -41.0%-81.3%+8.9% +13.0%
3 years -46.5%-75.1%+48.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -18.8%-37.1%+14.0% +23.1%
5 years -57.0%-71.7%+12.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -15.5%-22.3%+2.4% +11.0%
10 years -28.7%—+127.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year -3.3%—+8.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMOSCTVABCPCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.7%186.2%20.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.0%275.2%19.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.61-0.100.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.92-0.440.43 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.9%-86.8%-34.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.6%-86.8%-6.9% -1.8%
52-week high $31.36$90.53$183.26 $779.14
52-week low $17.26$11.92$147.36 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMOSCTVABCPC
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 21.6x 7.9xmedian 21.6x 31.7xmedian 21.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.4x 0.4xmedian 1.4x 4.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 12.4x 2.2xmedian 12.4x 19.8xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -5.9xmedian 15.8x 11.7xmedian 15.8x 30.5xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 1.6x 4.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 1.66 1.52median 1.66 1.68median 1.66

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMOSCTVABCPC
Revenue $12.25B $17.81B $1.11B
Gross profit $1.35B $8.82B $404.38M
Operating income -$169.80M $3.52B $229.57M
Net income -$624.70M $1.02B $170.85M
Free cash flow -$947.10M $680.00M $178.00M
R&D – $1.49B $20.81M
EPS (diluted) $-2.01 $1.51 $5.33
Cash & equivalents $294.00M $2.37B $66.26M
Total debt $21.00B $4.88B $145.94M
Shares (diluted) 317.90M 669.80M 32.03M
Enterprise value $4.95B -$3.61B $5.10B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMOSCTVABCPC
P/E -8.8x 7.9x 31.7x
P/FCF -5.9x 11.7x 30.5x
P/Operating cash flow 12.7x 6.3x 24.3x
P/S 0.5x 0.4x 4.9x
P/B 0.5x 0.3x 4.1x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 0.5x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 11.2x 2.2x 19.8x
EV/EBIT -65.9x 3.0x 24.0x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.6x 5.0x
EV/FCF -11.8x 15.4x 31.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.2x 8.3x 24.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 1.52 1.68

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMOSCTVABCPC
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.8% 3.7% 9.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -10.0% 0.5% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -22.0% 12.5% 11.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -28.7% 6.8% 11.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -121.3% 22.0% 12.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -27.3% 13.0% 14.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -164.7% -27.7% 14.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -31.6% 3.0% 18.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -168.2% -26.5% 16.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.2% 5.2% 18.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -62.5% -61.7% 11.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -47.5% 233.6% 12.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -22,126% -75.2% 10.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.5% 49.7% 14.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMOSCTVABCPC
Gross margin 11.0% 49.5% 36.5%
EBITDA margin 8.1% 26.7% 25.1%
Operating margin -1.4% 19.8% 20.7%
Pretax margin -2.0% 8.9% 19.9%
Net margin -5.2% 5.7% 15.4%
FCF margin -7.7% 3.8% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 3.6% 7.1% 20.2%
Return on equity -5.2% 4.1% 13.0%
Return on assets -2.5% 2.4% 10.1%
Return on invested capital -1.0% 8.4% 12.1%
Return on capital employed -0.8% 11.2% 15.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.7x 1.2x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMOSCTVABCPC
Debt / assets 23.8% 11.7% 8.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.6x 0.5x 0.3x
Debt / FCF -6.2x 7.2x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 52.8% 39.0% 22.1%
Equity / assets 47.2% 61.0% 77.9%
Interest coverage – 20.1x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.5x 2.5x
Quick ratio 0.3x 1.2x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.57 1.20 10.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMOSCTVABCPC
Dividend yield 5.0% 6.0% 0.6%
Net buyback yield – 12.6% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 5.0% 18.6% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) -44.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -29.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -4.7% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMOSCTVABCPC
Forward P/E 52.1xFY2026 20.9xFY2026 33.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.34FY2026 $0.57FY2026 $5.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -85.0%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026 +8.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +297.1% +22.8% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.74BFY2026 $16.64BFY2026 $1.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.6%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.0% -52.9% +9.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMOSCTVABCPC
Held by institutions 95.2% 88.8% 90.5%
Institutions holding 662 1,480 417
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.4% +2.9% +1.5%
Institutions buying 374 646 193
Institutions selling 212 527 162
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.23 1.19

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MOSCTVABCPC
MOS 1.00 0.06 0.15
CTVA 0.06 1.00 0.05
BCPC 0.15 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MOS, CTVA and BCPC?

Corteva (CTVA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Mosaic (MOS) $5.96B, Corteva (CTVA) $7.84B, Balchem (BCPC) $5.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, MOS, CTVA and BCPC?

Corteva (CTVA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Mosaic (MOS) -9.3x, Corteva (CTVA) 7.8x, Balchem (BCPC) 31.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Corteva (CTVA) is cheapest (Mosaic (MOS) 52.1x, Corteva (CTVA) 20.9x, Balchem (BCPC) 33.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Balchem (BCPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Mosaic (MOS) +8.8%, Corteva (CTVA) +3.7%, Balchem (BCPC) +9.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Balchem (BCPC) has the highest net margin (Mosaic (MOS) -5.2%, Corteva (CTVA) 5.7%, Balchem (BCPC) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Balchem (BCPC) leads (Mosaic (MOS) -1.0%, Corteva (CTVA) 8.4%, Balchem (BCPC) 12.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Balchem (BCPC) returned the most: Mosaic (MOS) -41.0%, Corteva (CTVA) -81.3%, Balchem (BCPC) +8.9%. Over five years, Balchem (BCPC) compounded fastest (Mosaic (MOS) -15.5%/yr, Corteva (CTVA) -22.3%/yr, Balchem (BCPC) +2.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mosaic (MOS) 0.05%, Corteva (CTVA) 0.00%, Balchem (BCPC) 0.00%. Corteva (CTVA) and Balchem (BCPC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Balchem (BCPC) has been the steadiest (Mosaic (MOS) 44.7%, Corteva (CTVA) 186.2%, Balchem (BCPC) 20.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MOS, CTVA and BCPC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Balchem (BCPC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.