Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) has a beta value of 1.16 and has seen 1.58 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $530.14M, closed the last trade at $12.79 per share which meant it gained $0.18 on the day or 1.43% during that session. The CMP stock price is -111.88% off its 52-week high price of $27.10 and 41.28% above the 52-week low of $7.51. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 0.77 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 985.08K 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. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.32.
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Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) trade information
Sporting 1.43% in the green 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 $12.79 or saw a rise of 10.81%. Year-to-date, Compass Minerals International Inc shares have moved -49.49%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -9.42%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) have changed -12.10%. Short interest in the company has seen 2.4 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.97.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $21.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 40.51% 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 -181.47% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -17.28% 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 gained 15.43% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 50.00%, compared to 8.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 6.67%.
Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -508.75% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 29.96%.
CMP Dividends
Compass Minerals International Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in January this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.15 at a share yield of 1.17%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 3.7%.
Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP)’s Major holders
Insiders own 18.09% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 86.51% with a share float percentage of 105.62%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Compass Minerals International Inc having a total of 294.0 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.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Victory Portfolios-Victory Global Energy Transition Fund and iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF . As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 7.14% shares in the company for having 2.96 shares of worth $37.83 million while later fund manager owns 1.7 shares of worth $21.77 million as of Sep 30, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 4.11% of company’s outstanding stock.
