Compass Minerals International - CMP Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CMP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CMP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Compass Minerals International's shares. Their CMP share price forecasts range from $51.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $54.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price.
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Compass Minerals International's stock was trading at $51.08 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CMP stock has decreased by 10.1% and is now trading at $45.91.
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Compass Minerals International saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 994,400 shares, a decline of 32.4% from the October 31st total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 433,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 6th 2023.
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $331.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $362.74 million. Compass Minerals International had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.99% and a negative net margin of 1.97%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share.

Compass Minerals International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, December 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 8th.
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Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%.
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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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.69%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.35%), State Street Corp (6.82%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (5.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.68%) and Cove Street Capital LLC (1.59%). 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 $45.91.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a market capitalization of $1.57 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-2,100,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.72) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,229 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.