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CMP Compass Minerals International Inc
NYSE USD Basic Materials
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 963M
- P/E ratio
- 54.6
- Analyst target
- 29.5
- Dividend yield
- Not available
- Beta
- 1.26
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Other Industrial Metals & Mining
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 963M
- P/E ratio
- 54.6
- Analyst target
- 29.5
- Dividend yield
- Not available
- Beta
- 1.26
About
About Compass Minerals International Inc
Compass Minerals International, Inc. provides essential minerals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Salt and Plant Nutrition. The Salt segment produces, markets, and sells sodium chloride and magnesium chloride, including rock salt, mechanically and solar evaporated salt, and brine and flake magnesium chloride products; and purchases and sells potassium chloride and calcium chloride to sell as finished products or to blend with sodium chloride to produce specialty products. This segment provides products for use as a deicer for roadways, consumer, and professional use; as an ingredient in chemical production; for water treatment, human, and animal nutrition; and for various other consumer and industrial uses, as well as records management services. The Plant Nutrition segment produces sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers in various grades that are used in broadcast spreaders, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions under the Protassium+ brand name; turf products used by the turf and ornamental markets, as well as for blends used on golf course greens; and organic products. This segment provides its products to distributors and retailers of crop inputs, as well as growers. The company was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in December 2003. Compass Minerals International, Inc. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
Research context
Compass Minerals International Inc appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Other Industrial Metals & Mining
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5 years, 6 months ago
Compass Minerals International, Inc is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 7.2% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 83.7% cheaper than other stocks from the Basic Materials sector with a price to sales ratio of 1.6.
Compass Minerals International, Inc's total revenue sank by 15.8% to $421M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 42.4% to $32M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 184.7% to $-35M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Compass Minerals International, Inc gets an overall score of 1/5.