NYSE:CMP - Compass Minerals International Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Compass Minerals International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Compass Minerals International's Dividend History.

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 6th. The basic materials company reported ($0.29) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16) by $0.13. The basic materials company had revenue of $245.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $250.99 million. Compass Minerals International had a return on equity of 11.01% and a net margin of 4.09%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.23) earnings per share. View Compass Minerals International's Earnings History.

Compass Minerals International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Compass Minerals International.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Compass Minerals International's shares. Their predictions range from $48.06 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Compass Minerals International's stock price to reach $56.5150 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Compass Minerals International.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Compass Minerals International.

Headlines about CMP stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Compass Minerals International earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Compass Minerals International.

Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,566,800 shares, an increase of 16.0% from the July 31st total of 2,213,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 330,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.8 days. Currently, 7.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Compass Minerals International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Compass Minerals International include Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Summit Materials (SUM), LYNAS CORP LTD/S (LYSDY), Hecla Mining (HL), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Intrepid Potash (IPI), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Ciner Resources (CINR), Hi-Crush (HCR), Smart Sand (SND), PIEDMONT LITHIU/S (PLLL), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), ZEN Graphene Solutions (ZENYF) and Canada Jetlines (JETMF).

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Compass Minerals International's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.49%), BlackRock Inc. (11.49%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.54%), Invesco Ltd. (3.84%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.51%) and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (3.49%). Company insiders that own Compass Minerals International stock include Amy Yoder, Francis Joseph Malecha, James D Standen, Joseph E Reece, Kevin S Crutchfield, Lori A Walker, Richard S Grant and Steven N Berger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Compass Minerals International.

CMP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Weitz Investment Management Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, Global Endowment Management LP, Country Club Trust Company n.a. and A.R.T. Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Compass Minerals International.

CMP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Keeley Teton Advisors LLC and D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Compass Minerals International stock in the last two years include James D Standen, Joseph E Reece, Kevin S Crutchfield, Lori A Walker, Richard S Grant and Steven N Berger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Compass Minerals International.

Shares of CMP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.18.

Compass Minerals International has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion and generates $1.49 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $68.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis. Compass Minerals International employs 3,071 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Compass Minerals International.

The official website for Compass Minerals International is http://www.compassminerals.com/.

Compass Minerals International's mailing address is 9900 West 109th Street Suite 100, OVERLAND PARK KS, 66210. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 913-344-9200 or via email at [email protected]