Compass Minerals International - CMP Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CMP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CMP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Compass Minerals International's stock. Their CMP share price forecasts range from $51.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $58.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.1% from the stock's current price.
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Compass Minerals International's stock was trading at $51.08 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CMP stock has decreased by 21.7% and is now trading at $39.99.
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Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,370,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the July 31st total of 1,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 419,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 16th. The basic materials company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $331.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $362.74 million. Compass Minerals International had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.07% and a negative net margin of 6.10%. The company's revenue was down 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.62 EPS.

Compass Minerals International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, September 20th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 8th.
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Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.54%.
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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (6.42%), Van ECK Associates Corp (4.76%), Bernzott Capital Advisors (1.97%), Northern Trust Corp (1.42%), Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.36%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.05%). 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 $39.99.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) has a market capitalization of $1.37 billion and generates $1.37 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-2,100,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.17) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,229 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.