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Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) closed the day trading at $9.74 down -0.92% from the previous closing price of $9.83. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.92 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. CMP stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.855 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.64.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CMP, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.15 and its Current Ratio is at 2.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.26 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.25.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Loop Capital on April 26, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $23 from $26 previously.
On March 04, 2024, Loop Capital Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $29 to $26.
JP Morgan Upgraded its Underweight to Neutral on November 20, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $36 to $24.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 22 ’24 when Reece Joseph E bought 5,000 shares for $21.24 per share. The transaction valued at 106,200 led to the insider holds 16,000 shares of the business.
Standen James D. bought 3,503 shares of CMP for $94,056 on Sep 21 ’23. The Chief Commercial Officer now owns 30,000 shares after completing the transaction at $26.85 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CMP now has a Market Capitalization of 402591200 and an Enterprise Value of 1319891456. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.872 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.734.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CMP has reached a high of $31.42, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -15.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -45.06%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CMP traded about 718.40K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CMP traded about 673480 shares per day. A total of 41.16M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 40.84M. Insiders hold about 1.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 105.96% stake in the company. Shares short for CMP as of 1722384000 were 4970195 with a Short Ratio of 6.92, compared to 1719532800 on 4575233. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4970195 and a Short% of Float of 21.020001.
Dividends & Splits
CMP’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.45, up from 2.88 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.29298067The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.83.
