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

CMP POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where CMP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 67.05% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CMP is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 178 days.
• CMP's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 6.14% of US stocks).

CMP Stock Summary

• COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 87.48% of US listed stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 86.8% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for CMP comes in at 21.27% -- higher than that of 92.8% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC, a group of peers worth examining would be HLX, FLEX, MTG, GLDD, and CLW.
• 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

• CMP's price/earnings ratio is -20.5; this is 275.21% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• Over the past 230 months, CMP's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CMP.

CMP Growth Metrics

The 3 year price growth rate now stands at -22.12%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at -20.63%.
• The 4 year revenue growth rate now stands at 31.87%.

CMP's revenue has moved up $68,400,000 over the prior 67 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
2022-06-30	1,206.4	101.2	-73.6
2022-03-31	1,191.1	108.4	-8.6
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

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.