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

CMP POWR Grades

• Growth is the dimension where CMP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 77.62% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CMP is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• CMP's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 19.66% of US stocks).

CMP Stock Summary

• CMP's current price/earnings ratio is 107.58, which is higher than 95.28% of US stocks with positive earnings.
• Of note is the ratio of COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.23% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC is reporting a growth rate of 1,591.38%; that's higher than 99.09% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CMP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are 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.