Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP): Price and Financial Metrics

CMP POWR Grades

• CMP scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 68.38% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CMP is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• CMP's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 7.23% of US stocks).

CMP Stock Summary

• Over the past twelve months, CMP has reported earnings growth of -198.1%, putting it ahead of merely 9.97% of US stocks in our set.
• As for revenue growth, note that CMP's revenue has grown -14.95% over the past 12 months; that beats the revenue growth of only 8.55% of US companies in our set.
• Compass Minerals International Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 17.46%, greater than the shareholder yield of 90.22% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CMP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are GLDD, AFYA, TROX, HRI, and DK.
• CMP's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Compass Minerals International Inc's official web site, go to www.compassminerals.com.

CMP Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, CMP's EV/EBIT ratio is 493.42% lower, now standing at -59.8.
• Over the past 216 months, CMP's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.9.
• Over the past 216 months, CMP's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CMP.

CMP Growth Metrics

Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 38.81%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -33.72%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -44.37%.

CMP's revenue has moved up $116,700,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows CMP's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,168.1	148.4	-210.9
2021-09-30	889.1	149.4	-177.4
2021-06-30	1,328.9	151.7	-136.3
2021-03-31	1,385.6	146.8	-191.7
2020-12-31	1,373.5	175.2	59.5
2020-09-30	1,452.7	256.7	83.3

CMP's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CMP has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 86.92% of graded US stocks.
• CMP's asset turnover comes in at 0.641 -- ranking 6th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
• SLCA, UUUU, and USAS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CMP.

The table below shows CMP's key quality metrics over time.