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

CMP POWR Grades

• CMP scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 77.3% of US stocks.
• CMP's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• CMP ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 20th percentile.

CMP Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 109.07, COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about 95.07% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.22% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Over the past twelve months, CMP has reported earnings growth of 1,591.38%, putting it ahead of 99.09% of US 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 ATI, NMIH, RGF, FLR, and LAUR.
• 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 price/sales ratio is 44.44% lower, now standing at 1.
• CMP's price/earnings ratio has moved up 62.9 over the prior 240 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CMP.

CMP Growth Metrics

Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -26.16%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -59.11%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -14.04%.

Over the past 70 months, CMP's revenue has gone up $84,900,000.

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
2022-12-31	1,265	136.9	-27.8
2022-09-30	1,244.1	120.5	-25.1
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

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.