Compass Minerals International (CMP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CMP shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Compass Minerals International's shares. Their CMP share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $58.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 63.8% 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 decreased by 13.6% and is now trading at $35.41.
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Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,220,000 shares, an increase of 18.4% from the April 30th total of 1,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 362,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 9th. The basic materials company reported ($0.46) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.99. The basic materials company had revenue of $411.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $427 million. Compass Minerals International had a negative net margin of 2.99% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.08%. Compass Minerals International's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS.

Compass Minerals International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, June 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 8th.
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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 iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS).

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.71%.
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.21%), State Street Corp (5.70%), Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (3.40%), Shapiro Capital Management LLC (2.24%), Harvey Partners LLC (2.23%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.12%). 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 $35.41.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a market capitalization of $1.46 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 ($0.97) 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.