Wall Street Zen Upgrades Compass (NYSE:COMP) to “Buy”

Compass (NYSE:COMP) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Saturday.

COMP has been the topic of several other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Compass from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Compass in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Compass from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $11.00 target price on shares of Compass in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of Compass from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Compass has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $10.00.

Compass Price Performance

NYSE COMP opened at $8.55 on Friday. Compass has a fifty-two week low of $5.10 and a fifty-two week high of $10.25. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $8.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $7.47. The firm has a market cap of $4.50 billion, a P/E ratio of -77.73 and a beta of 2.56.

Compass (NYSE:COMP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.79 billion. Compass had a negative return on equity of 8.83% and a negative net margin of 0.85%. Compass has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Compass will post 0.09 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Compass

In related news, General Counsel Bradley K. Serwin sold 13,065 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The shares were 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 approximately $2,396,099.50. This trade represents a 4.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 4.08% of the company’s stock.

Compass Company Profile

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.