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$20.53 -0.16 (-0.77%)
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CMP vs. MTRN, GSM, SXC, SCCO, FCX, AVNT, MEOH, OLN, IOSP, and CC

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

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Materion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Materion had 4 more articles in the media than Compass Minerals International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Materion and 2 mentions for Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Materion's score of 0.00 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Materion
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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%

Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Materion has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share 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$1.12B0.76-$206.10M-$3.56-5.77
Materion$1.68B1.16$5.89M$0.50188.48

Compass Minerals International currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.45%. Materion has a consensus price target of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.85%. Given Materion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Materion is more favorable than Compass Minerals International.

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)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Materion beats Compass Minerals International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$858.72M$11.66B$3.25B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A3.41%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio-5.7720.94101.4426.34
Price / Sales0.766.2730,017,513,221,228,500.0059.22
Price / Cash7.717.5623.8622.29
Price / Book2.691.726.004.66
Net Income-$206.10M$507.43M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-8.55%-1.63%0.41%-0.29%
1 Month Performance5.67%5.49%5.16%4.91%
1 Year Performance62.74%-4.02%25.97%10.53%

Compass Minerals International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.9569 of 5 stars
$20.53
-0.8%
$19.00
-7.5%
+58.9%$858.72M$1.12B-5.771,894
MTRN
Materion
3.278 of 5 stars
$84.95
-1.4%
N/A-24.5%$1.77B$1.72B169.893,037News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.4226 of 5 stars
$4.37
-4.0%
N/A-23.1%$815.56M$1.56B-13.243,283
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.565 of 5 stars
$8.60
-2.7%
$13.00
+51.3%
-22.1%$727.57M$1.94B7.891,168
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.7387 of 5 stars
$100.06
-1.5%
$91.60
-8.5%
-12.1%$79.67B$11.43B21.9016,133Analyst Downgrade
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9372 of 5 stars
$45.64
-1.6%
$51.00
+11.7%
-8.3%$65.59B$25.46B37.7228,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
AVNT
Avient
4.7202 of 5 stars
$33.59
-1.8%
$46.80
+39.3%
-28.8%$3.07B$3.24B31.399,200Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.7928 of 5 stars
$33.14
-1.3%
$45.00
+35.8%
-34.6%$2.56B$3.70B11.121,415News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OLN
Olin
4.5836 of 5 stars
$21.78
-0.4%
$27.27
+25.2%
-58.4%$2.51B$6.54B42.717,676News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
IOSP
Innospec
3.5647 of 5 stars
$87.51
-0.8%
N/A-34.4%$2.18B$1.79B81.032,450Positive News
CC
Chemours
4.4336 of 5 stars
$13.48
-2.5%
$17.33
+28.6%
-44.3%$2.02B$5.78B67.386,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CMP) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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