Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) is -55.29% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $7.51 and a high of $27.10 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CMP stock was last observed hovering at around $12.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.7%.
Currently trading at $11.32, the stock is -18.75% and -16.03% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.2 million and changing -5.82% at the moment leaves the stock -10.93% off its SMA200. CMP registered -57.04% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -3.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $13.4812 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.70905.
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The stock witnessed a -22.84% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.18%, and is -14.76% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 9.67% over the week and 6.33% over the month.
Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) has around 1894 employees, a market worth around $469.24M and $1.12B in sales. Fwd P/E is 16.58. Profit margin for the company is -18.45%. Distance from 52-week low is 50.73% and -58.23% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-16.15%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -592.08% this year
294.0 institutions hold shares in Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP), with institutional investors hold 105.61% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 41.38M, and float is at 41.02M with Short Float at 5.85%. Institutions hold 86.51% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is KOCH INDUSTRIES INC with over 7.03 million shares valued at $72.67 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.2476 of the CMP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 6.56 million shares valued at $67.8 million to account for 16.0924 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 4.47 million shares representing 10.9597 and valued at over $46.18 million, while SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. holds 7.1506 of the shares totaling 2.92 million with a market value of $30.13 million.
Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Reece Joseph E, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Reece Joseph E bought 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 22 ’24 at a price of $21.24 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 16000.0 shares.
