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$21.91 -0.34 (-1.53%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CMP vs. MTRN, SXC, GSM, SCCO, FCX, AVNT, OLN, MEOH, IOSP, and HUN

Should you be buying Compass Minerals International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Minerals International include Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Avient (AVNT), Olin (OLN), Methanex (MEOH), Innospec (IOSP), and Huntsman (HUN).

Compass Minerals International vs. Its Competitors

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) and Materion (NYSE:MTRN) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Materion has higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Materion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Compass Minerals International$1.12B0.81-$206.10M-$3.56-6.15
Materion$1.68B1.00$5.89M$0.50161.84

Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.28%. Given Compass Minerals International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Materion.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Compass Minerals International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Materion
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Materion shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Materion has a net margin of 0.59% compared to Compass Minerals International's net margin of -12.15%. Materion's return on equity of 12.83% beat Compass Minerals International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Compass Minerals International-12.15% -24.24% -4.36%
Materion 0.59%12.83%6.49%

In the previous week, Materion had 2 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Materion and 4 mentions for Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Materion's score of 0.50 indicating that Compass Minerals International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Compass Minerals International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Materion
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CMP vs. The Competition

MetricCompass Minerals InternationalCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$923.47M$11.79B$3.29B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A3.40%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-6.1521.7295.9927.80
Price / Sales0.814.1227,181,161,885,831,500.0047.12
Price / Cash8.297.5623.9218.22
Price / Book2.871.575.984.59
Net Income-$206.10M$507.43M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.30%-0.67%1.87%0.65%
1 Month Performance9.85%2.18%4.67%4.26%
1 Year Performance114.07%-5.66%25.81%13.93%

Compass Minerals International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.7714 of 5 stars
$21.91
-1.5%
$19.00
-13.3%
+118.0%$923.47M$1.12B-6.151,894
MTRN
Materion
2.9886 of 5 stars
$79.59
-1.4%
N/A-23.8%$1.68B$1.68B159.183,037Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
SXC
SunCoke Energy
4.1735 of 5 stars
$8.59
+5.0%
$13.00
+51.3%
-13.1%$692.45M$1.94B7.881,168High Trading Volume
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.9589 of 5 stars
$3.67
+0.3%
N/A-24.9%$683.05M$1.64B-11.123,283Gap Down
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.5395 of 5 stars
$101.14
-1.3%
$91.50
-9.5%
-10.4%$81.62B$11.43B22.1316,133
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.6637 of 5 stars
$43.39
-1.1%
$48.27
+11.3%
-12.4%$63.04B$25.46B35.8628,500Positive News
AVNT
Avient
4.5537 of 5 stars
$32.36
-1.5%
$46.80
+44.6%
-21.1%$3.01B$3.24B12.359,200
OLN
Olin
4.6049 of 5 stars
$20.07
-1.8%
$27.80
+38.5%
-53.9%$2.35B$6.54B39.357,676
MEOH
Methanex
4.8253 of 5 stars
$33.10
-3.0%
$44.88
+35.6%
-28.4%$2.30B$3.72B11.111,415High Trading Volume
IOSP
Innospec
4.1327 of 5 stars
$84.09
-0.2%
N/A-28.5%$2.10B$1.85B77.862,450
HUN
Huntsman
4.6104 of 5 stars
$10.42
-1.3%
$15.00
+44.0%
-50.9%$1.83B$6.04B-11.456,300

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This page (NYSE:CMP) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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