A look at Compass Minerals International Inc’s (CMP) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Tuesday, Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) was -1.36% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $11.06. A 52-week range for CMP has been $7.51 – $15.82.

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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Basic Materials sector was -5.25%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at -988.59%. With a float of $33.64 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $41.47 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 1894 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 14.61%, operating margin of -5.79%, and the pretax margin is -12.04%.

Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Compass Minerals International Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Compass Minerals International Inc is 18.96%, while institutional ownership is 79.16%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 26 ’25, was worth 48,400. In this transaction Director of this company bought 5,000 shares at a rate of $9.68, taking the stock ownership to the 21,000 shares.

Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -988.59% per share during the next fiscal year.

Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.12. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.42.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.74, a number that is poised to hit 0.00 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.50 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.62 million, its volume of 0.8 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 92.20%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.60.

During the past 100 days, Compass Minerals International Inc’s (CMP) raw stochastic average was set at 32.40%, which indicates a significant decrease from 87.69% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 38.82% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 50.07% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $10.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $11.59. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $11.12 in the near term. At $11.32, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $11.45. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $10.79, it is likely to go to the next support level at $10.66. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $10.46.

Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) Key Stats

There are 41,504K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 452.81 million. As of now, sales total 1,117 M while income totals -206,100 K. Its latest quarter income was 307,200 K while its last quarter net income were -23,600 K.