Compass Minerals International - CMP Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" CMP shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Compass Minerals International's shares. Their CMP share price forecasts range from $47.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $53.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 70.7% from the stock's current price.
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Compass Minerals International's stock was trading at $41.00 at the start of the year. Since then, CMP stock has decreased by 23.8% and is now trading at $31.24.
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Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the February 13th total of 948,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 367,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $331.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $362.74 million. Compass Minerals International had a negative net margin of 2.15% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.98%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share.

Compass Minerals International declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, March 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 9th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), ALPS Hillman Active Value ETF (HVAL), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), Direxion Daily Metal Miners Bull 2X Shares (MNM), Cultivar ETF (CVAR), iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) and First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG).

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.94%.
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46 employees have rated Compass Minerals International Chief Executive Officer Fran Malecha on Glassdoor.com. Fran Malecha has an approval rating of 2% among the company's employees. This puts Fran Malecha in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Compass Minerals International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CMP."

Compass Minerals International's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Shapiro Capital Management LLC (2.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.42%), Morningstar Investment Services LLC (1.28%), Cove Street Capital LLC (1.22%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Yoder, George John Schuller Jr, James D Standen, Joseph E Reece, Kevin S Crutchfield and Mary L Frontczak.
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Shares of CMP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CMP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.24.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a market capitalization of $1.28 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-25,100,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.80) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,954 workers across the globe.

Compass Minerals International's mailing address is 9900 West 109th Street Suite 100, OVERLAND PARK KS, 66210. The official website for the company is www.compassminerals.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (913) 344-9200 or via email at investorrelations@compassminerals.com.