Compass Diversified (CODI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Compass Diversified is a private equity firm specializing in add on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late stage and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in niche industrial or branded consumer companies, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, business services sector, healthcare, safety & security, electronic components, food and foodservice. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $100 million and $800 million in companies with an EBITDA between $15 million to $80 million. It seeks to acquire controlling ownership interests in its portfolio companies and can make additional platform acquisitions. The firm prefer to have majority stake in companies. The firm invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments between five to seven years. Compass Diversified was founded in 2006 and is based in Westport, Connecticut with an additional office in Costa Mesa, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.17 to $7.61
• 50-Day Range: $6.06 to $7.69
• 52-Week Range: $5.98 to $24.32
• Volume: 585,908 shs
• Average Volume: 882,323 shs
• Market Capitalization: $539.85 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 13.94%
• Price Target: $26.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Compass Diversified Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Compass Diversified scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 256th out of 934 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Compass Diversified has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Compass Diversified has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.65%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Compass Diversified are expected to grow by 7.65% in the coming year, from $1.96 to $2.11 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Compass Diversified is 3.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Compass Diversified is 3.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.45.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Compass Diversified has a P/B Ratio of 0.47. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.63% of the float of Compass Diversified has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Compass Diversified has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Compass Diversified has recently decreased by 9.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Compass Diversified is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 13.28%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Compass Diversified does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Compass Diversified will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.39% next year. This indicates that Compass Diversified will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.63% of the float of Compass Diversified has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Compass Diversified has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Compass Diversified has recently decreased by 9.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.02

News Sentiment

Compass Diversified has a news sentiment score of 1.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 1.17 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Compass Diversified this week, compared to 23 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for CODI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Compass Diversified to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Compass Diversified insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.80% of the stock of Compass Diversified is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.73% of the stock of Compass Diversified is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CODI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CODI shares performed this year?

Compass Diversified's stock was trading at $23.08 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, CODI shares have decreased by 68.9% and is now trading at $7.1750.

How were Compass Diversified's earnings last quarter?

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.10. The company's revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Compass Diversified's major shareholders?

Compass Diversified's top institutional shareholders include American Century Companies Inc. (7.12%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (6.53%), Essex Financial Services Inc. (1.69%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Cgi Magyar Holdings Llc, Elias Sabo, Patrick A Maciariello, Anholt Investments Ltd, James Bottiglieri, Ryan J Faulkingham and Larry L Enterline.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Compass Diversified?

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

What other stocks do shareholders of Compass Diversified own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Compass Diversified investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/30/2024
• Today: 8/28/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/03/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - INVEST FUND
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Goods
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CODI
• CIK: 1345126
• Web: www.compassequity.com
• Phone: (203) 221-1703
• Fax: 203-221-8253
• Employees: 3,753
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Compass Diversified: $26.00
• High Price Target: $34.00
• Low Price Target: $18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +262.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.28)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.66
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $12.81 million
• Net Margins: 0.56%
• Pretax Margin: 4.15%
• Return on Equity: 13.43%
• Return on Assets: 3.98%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.54
• Current Ratio: 4.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.20 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.25
• Cash Flow: $3.99 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.80
• Book Value: $15.12 per share
• Price / Book: 0.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 75,236,000
• Free Float: 73,882,000
• Market Cap: $539.82 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05