Compass Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSE:COMP)

Compass, Inc. (NYSE:COMP) saw unusually large options trading on Friday. Traders purchased 33,037 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of 379% compared to the average volume of 6,892 put options.

Compass Stock Up 4.2%

Shares of COMP stock opened at $7.87 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.14 billion, a P/E ratio of -78.65 and a beta of 2.57. The business has a 50 day moving average of $8.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $7.58. Compass has a 52 week low of $5.10 and a 52 week high of $10.25.

Compass (NYSE:COMP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.08 billion. Compass has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts expect that Compass will post 0.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, General Counsel Bradley K. Serwin sold 13,065 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.50, for a total transaction of $124,117.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel directly owned 252,221 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,396,099.50. This represents a 4.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 4.08% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Compass from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Barclays set a $8.00 target price on shares of Compass and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Compass from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. UBS Group upped their price objective on Compass from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, BTIG Research lifted their target price on Compass from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $9.67.

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.