Compass Minerals/$CMP
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About Compass Minerals
Compass Minerals currently produces two primary products: salt and specialty potash fertilizer. The company's main assets include rock salt mines in Ontario, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom. The fertilizer is produced from a brine operation at the Great Salt Lake in Utah that produces sulfate of potash and magnesium chloride. Compass' salt products are used for deicing and also by industrial and consumer end markets. The firm's sulfate of potash is used by growers of high-value crops that are sensitive to standard potash.
- Ticker
- $CMP
- Sector
- Materials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 1,849
- Headquarters
- Overland Park, United States
- Website
- www.compassminerals.com
Compass Minerals Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$979M
55.49
$0.42
1.26
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Price and volume
Market cap
$979M
Beta
1.26
52-week high
$34.50
52-week low
$16.40
Average daily volume
371K
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.013
Quick ratio
0.832
Long term debt to equity
2.861
Total debt to equity
2.763
Interest coverage (TTM)
1.58%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
221.5
Gross margin (TTM)
17.22%
Net profit margin (TTM)
1.42%
Operating margin (TTM)
8.33%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
55.98%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$700,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
4.99%
Return on equity (TTM)
7.17%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
55.49
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.76
Price to book
3.74
Price to tangible book (TTM)
3.86
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
12.609
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
7.93%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.849
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
5.46%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-114.47%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
1.89%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
14.73%
What the Analysts think about Compass Minerals
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Bulls say / Bears say
Ogden’s turnaround is gaining traction: Plant Nutrition adjusted EBITDA rose 32% to $15 million in the quarter, and Compass raised its full-year segment guidance to $49 million–$57 million. Continued gains in pricing and unit costs could make this a stronger earnings contributor. (Compass Minerals)
The 2026–27 highway de-icing bid season is offering better pricing, with low industry inventories supporting higher prices and tenders. That gives Compass a chance to improve salt margins if it can deliver the contracted volumes. (The Motley Fool)
The balance sheet is improving: net debt fell 11% year on year to $660.3 million, and net leverage declined to 2.8 times from 4.3 times. Lower leverage gives the company more room to manage its operations and fund investment. (Compass Minerals)
Salt profitability weakened despite higher prices: third-quarter adjusted EBITDA fell 15% and operating income fell 25%, as lower highway volumes and higher per-unit production and distribution costs outweighed pricing gains. Persistently high costs could limit the benefit of future price increases. (Compass Minerals)
Mine execution remains a risk. Management said Goderich was not producing enough tons at planned costs and expects to commit to a lower de-icing demand profile for fiscal 2027, partly reflecting production constraints and an assumption of more normal winter weather. (The Motley Fool)
Tariffs could add cost or disrupt the important Goderich-to-US salt trade: management said most of the company’s gross annualised tariff exposure came from those shipments. Contract pass-through terms reduce the risk, but management described the situation as fluid. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 13 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Compass Minerals
Fund name | Fund size | $CMP weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.03% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.03% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
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