CMP
Compass Minerals International Inc Materials Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) Russell 3000
$23.31Close
$983.6MMarket cap
$16.54 – $33.5152-week range
Nov 23, 2026Next report · after the close
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 3 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 35 · weaker than 65% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 30% below its 52-week high
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
30%
1wk
up 9.6%
price change
1mo
up 5.8%
price change
12-month return
up 36%
market up 11% ·
its own up 25%
F-score
5 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z″
1.46
Moderate risk
P/E
—
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
4.2×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 1.4%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
56%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 11%
year on year
EPS growth
—
latest quarter
Sales growth
0%
latest quarter · +9 pts
ROE
down 29%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 10%
$128.0M FCF
D/E
3.55
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
6.0×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- not yet profitable on its assets
- took on more long-term debt
- short-term liquidity weakened
- gross margin narrowed
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- no new shares issued
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- FCF turned positive ($-100M → $128M)
- Long-term debt down 9% ($0.9B → $0.8B)
- Revenue reaccelerating (-7% then +11%)
Trade setup
ATR%
3.3%
$0.78 a day · 2×ATR $21.75
RS
35 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
3 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.5×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.85
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 23, 2026
Trend template · 3 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: fails
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: fails
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Heavily indebted Net debt is 6.0 times EBITDA — roughly 6 years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation to repay borrowings in full.
- Gross margin narrowing Gross margin fell from 17.5% to 15.3%. The company is keeping less of each dollar of sales than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 5, 2026
Last shock
Aug 6, 2026-15% in one session4.0× volumeon results-9% since
Financials
- Gross 15%
- Net -6%
- Free cash 10%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Sep 30, 2021 | FY2022Sep 30, 2022 | FY2023Sep 30, 2023 | FY2024Sep 30, 2024 | FY2025Sep 30, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Gross margin | 22% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 15% |
| Operating income | $103.0M | $105.9M | $45.4M | $77.4M | -$116.8M | $25.3M |
| Net income | $63.1M | -$185.7M | -$21.1M | $10.5M | -$206.1M | -$79.8M |
| Net margin | 6% | -16% | -2% | 1% | -18% | -6% |
| Earnings per share | $1.86 | -$5.46 | -$0.62 | $0.26 | -$4.99 | -$1.91 |
| Free cash flow | $90.3M | $55.6M | $23.8M | -$48.3M | -$99.8M | $128.0M |
| Free cash margin | 9% | 5% | 2% | -4% | -9% | 10% |
| Cash | $10.6M | $18.1M | $46.1M | $38.7M | $20.2M | $59.7M |
| Long-term debt | $1.3B | $935.4M | $947.6M | $800.3M | $910.0M | $832.2M |
| Shareholders' equity | $383.6M | $297.9M | $265.2M | $521.0M | $316.6M | $234.1M |
| Shares outstanding | 35.37m | 35.37m | 35.37m | 42.20m | 42.20m | 42.20m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 37d |
| May 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 37d |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 37d |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 73d |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 42d |
| May 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 38d |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 41d |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 77d |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 122d |
| May 15, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 45d |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 39d |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Annual ↗ | Sep 30, 2023 | 60d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Director or officer change · Other events ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| May 6, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Other events ↗ |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Director or officer change · Regulation FD ↗ |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Other events ↗ |