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

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Minerals International in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating 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 objectives for Compass Minerals International's stock. Their CMP share price targets range from $20.00 to $60.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $34.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 152.2% from the stock's current price.
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Compass Minerals International's stock was trading at $25.32 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, CMP shares have decreased by 46.1% and is now trading at $13.64.
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Compass Minerals International saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,160,000 shares, an increase of 16.6% from the March 15th total of 2,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 723,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 7th. The basic materials company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.19. The basic materials company earned $341.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.84 million. Compass Minerals International had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.56% and a negative net margin of 4.97%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 3.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Compass Minerals International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Investors of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, March 20th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 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 4.50%. CMP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Compass Minerals International updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.2 billion-$1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion.

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's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alpha Omega Wealth Management LLC (0.10%), Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC (0.04%) and Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.04%). 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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