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

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) announced its earnings results on Monday. The basic materials company reported ($0.55) earnings per share (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 Up 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE:CMP opened at $12.13 on Tuesday. Compass Minerals International has a twelve month low of $7.51 and a twelve month high of $23.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.87, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 2.71. The business has a fifty day moving average of $12.39 and a 200-day moving average of $12.00.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on Compass Minerals International from $20.00 to $18.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th.

Compass Minerals International Company Profile

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.