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

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

Compass Minerals International declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 14th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Compass Minerals International's Dividend History.

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.37. The basic materials company earned $341.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $351.89 million. Compass Minerals International had a net margin of 3.89% and a return on equity of 11.29%. The business's revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.37 earnings per share. View Compass Minerals International's Earnings History.

Compass Minerals International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 10th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Compass Minerals International.

Compass Minerals International will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 10th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

3 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Compass Minerals International's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Compass Minerals International's share price to reach $55.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Compass Minerals International.

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

News coverage about CMP stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Compass Minerals International.

Compass Minerals International saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,870,000 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the November 28th total of 3,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 245,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 11.7 days. Approximately 8.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Compass Minerals International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Compass Minerals International include Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ferroglobe (GSM), General Moly (GMO), United States Antimony (UAMY) and Revett Mining Company, Inc. (DE) (RVM).

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Compass Minerals International's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.41%), Beacon Financial Group (0.20%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), We Are One Seven LLC (0.03%), Ridgewood Investments LLC (0.03%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, We Are One Seven LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Ridgewood Investments LLC and Peregrine Capital Management 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 Modus Advisors LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Capital City Trust Co. FL and Beacon Financial Group. 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 $59.57.

Compass Minerals International has a market capitalization of $2.02 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]