Compass Minerals International - CMP Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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2 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Compass Minerals International's shares. Their CMP share price forecasts range from $52.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $55.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% from the stock's current price.
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Compass Minerals International's stock was trading at $41.00 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CMP stock has increased by 15.1% and is now trading at $47.20.
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Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 915,800 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the December 31st total of 774,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 351,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 7th 2023.
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Compass Minerals International will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 8th at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 646-960-0469.

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.17) by $0.18. The basic materials company had revenue of $249.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $227.02 million. Compass Minerals International had a negative net margin of 1.97% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.00%.

Compass Minerals International declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 15th. Investors 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 1.27%. 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 1.31%.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bernzott Capital Advisors (1.08%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.77%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.66%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.37%), Bard Financial Services Inc. (0.27%) and Beacon Financial Group (0.18%). 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 $47.20.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a market capitalization of $1.94 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 ($0.72) 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.