Investors Purchase Large Volume of Put Options on Compass (NYSE:COMP)

Compass, Inc. (NYSE:COMP) was the target of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors bought 29,822 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 525% compared to the typical volume of 4,775 put options.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Compass from $8.00 to $7.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 7th. UBS Group increased their target price on Compass from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Compass from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Zacks Research upgraded Compass from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Compass Point set a $9.00 target price on Compass in a research report on Monday, June 30th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Compass presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $9.67.

Compass Price Performance

NYSE COMP opened at $9.20 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.84 billion, a PE ratio of -91.97 and a beta of 2.62. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $7.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $7.63. Compass has a 1-year low of $5.10 and a 1-year high of $10.25.

Compass (NYSE:COMP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.07. Compass had a negative return on equity of 9.70% and a negative net margin of 0.85%.The business had revenue of $2.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.08 billion. Compass has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Compass will post 0.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Compass news, General Counsel Bradley K. Serwin sold 13,065 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.50, for a total value of $124,117.50. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 252,221 shares in the company, valued at $2,396,099.50. This represents a 4.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 4.08% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Compass

Compass, Inc provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports.