Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) is 67.38% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $7.51 and a high of $17.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CMP stock was last observed hovering at around $17.96 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.87%.
Currently trading at $18.83, the stock is 44.51% and 68.29% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.8 million and changing 4.84% at the moment leaves the stock 59.93% off its SMA200. CMP registered 40.94% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 47.80%.
The stock witnessed a 90.01% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 56.27%, and is 37.35% up 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 7.88% over the week and 5.72% over the month.
Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) has around 1894 employees, a market worth around $781.44M and $1.21B in sales. Fwd P/E is 37.85. Profit margin for the company is -12.15%. Distance from 52-week low is 150.73% and 4.84% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-14.26%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -521.88% this year.
Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 41.63M, and float is at 31.44M with Short Float at 9.52%.
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 Mar 26 ’25 at a price of $9.68 per share for a total of $48400.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 21000.0 shares.
