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The price of Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) closed at $13.34 in the last session, up 2.30% from day before closing price of $13.04. In other words, the price has increased by $2.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.59 million shares were traded. CMP stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.675 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $13.11.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CMP’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.15 and its Current Ratio is at 3.07. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.99 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.98.
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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 551092736 and an Enterprise Value of 1468392704. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.46 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.97 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.267.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CMP is 1.16, which has changed by -0.5840349 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24191546 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CMP has reached a high of $39.78, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $11.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -24.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -46.19%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, CMP traded on average about 709.81K shares per day over the past 3-months and 586090 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 41.16M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 40.87M. Insiders hold about 1.07% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.56% stake in the company. Shares short for CMP as of 1713139200 were 3480401 with a Short Ratio of 4.90, compared to 1710460800 on 2714245. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3480401 and a Short% of Float of 14.739999000000001.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for CMP is 0.60, which was 2.88 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.2208589The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.87.
Earnings Estimates
The current rating of Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) is the result of assessments by 4.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.27 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.63 and a low estimate of $0.03, while EPS last year was -$0.46. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.16, with high estimates of -$0.06 and low estimates of -$0.25.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.5 and -$0.18 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.09. EPS for the following year is $0.73, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $1.27 and $0.27.
Revenue Estimates
For the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $214.42M. There is a high estimate of $232M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $197.2M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CMP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.28B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.14B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.2B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.2BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.25B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.36B and the low estimate is $1.09B.
