Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) Shares Have Loss -30.55% Over The Past Month

Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) has a beta value of 1.10 and has seen 1.74 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $336.43M, closed the last trade at $8.14 per share which meant it lost -$0.69 on the day or -7.81% during that session. The CMP stock price is -282.8% off its 52-week high price of $31.16 and -6.63% below the 52-week low of $8.68. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 0.93 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 775.66K shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 3 have rated it as a Hold, with 2 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

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Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) trade information

Sporting -7.81% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CMP stock price touched $8.14 or saw a rise of 12.94%. Year-to-date, Compass Minerals International Inc shares have moved -67.85%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -11.90%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) have changed -30.55%. Short interest in the company has seen 5.25 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.97.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $21.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 62.14% from current levels. The projected low price target is $15.0 while the price target rests at a high of $36.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -342.26% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -84.28% from current levels.

Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Compass Minerals International Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -64.00% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 10.00%, compared to 1.40% for the industry.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -21.50% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -167.33% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 27.55%.

CMP Dividends

Compass Minerals International Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in October this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.45 at a share yield of 5.53%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.82%.

Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP)’s Major holders

Insiders own 18.09% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 88.80% with a share float percentage of 108.42%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Compass Minerals International Inc having a total of 291.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are KOCH INDUSTRIES INC with over 7.03 million shares worth more than $72.67 million. As of 2024-06-30, KOCH INDUSTRIES INC held 17.2476% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 6.56 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $67.8 million and represent 16.0924% of shares outstanding.