Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.50 EPS

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The basic materials company reported ($0.55) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.50), Zacks reports. Compass Minerals International had a negative return on equity of 2.15% and a negative net margin of 19.24%. Compass Minerals International updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Compass Minerals International Stock Down 5.8 %

CMP opened at $11.42 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $12.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $473.53 million, a P/E ratio of -2.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.87, a current ratio of 2.71 and a quick ratio of 0.80. Compass Minerals International has a one year low of $7.51 and a one year high of $23.59.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on CMP shares. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of Compass Minerals International from $20.00 to $18.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Compass Minerals International from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $13.00 to $15.00 in a research note on Wednesday.

About Compass Minerals International

Compass Minerals International, Inc, provides essential minerals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Salt and Plant Nutrition. The Salt segment produces, markets, and sells sodium chloride and magnesium chloride, including rock salt, mechanically and solar evaporated salt, and brine and flake magnesium chloride products; and purchases potassium chloride and calcium chloride to sell as finished products or to blend with sodium chloride to produce specialty products.