Compass Minerals International (CM8) Stock Price & Analysis
CM8 Stock Chart & Stats
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- Volume
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- Average Volume (3M)
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- Market Cap
- CHF 806.19M
- Enterprise Value
- CHF 2.03B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- CHF 56.30M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- CHF 728.10M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 53.0
- Beta
- N/A
- Next Earnings
- Nov 23, 2026 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- -0.04
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
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Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Cash Generation
Strong trailing cash generation provides internal funding for maintenance, growth projects, and debt reduction. The sharp improvement from prior negative free cash flow supports greater financial flexibility, although sustaining this performance through changing volumes and costs remains important.
Deleveraging And Guidance
Higher EBITDA guidance alongside meaningful deleveraging indicates improving operating performance and balance-sheet discipline. Lower net leverage and available liquidity can reduce financial strain, preserve capital-allocation flexibility, and strengthen resilience over the next several quarters.
Plant Nutrition Recovery
The Ogden recovery demonstrates improving unit economics and operating execution in Plant Nutrition, supported by lower product and distribution costs. The planned dryer project could further improve yield and product quality, creating a durable opportunity for segment profitability.
Bears Say
Salt Execution Risk
Salt remains exposed to execution problems that can offset pricing benefits. Lower volumes combined with higher per-unit production and distribution costs compress profitability, and continued issues at Goderich could weaken the segment’s earnings contribution over the next several quarters.
Earnings Volatility
The return to profitability is encouraging, but thin current margins and recent losses indicate inconsistent earnings quality. Limited margin cushion leaves results sensitive to operating costs, volumes, and market conditions, making sustained improvement necessary before profitability can be viewed as durable.
Balance-Sheet Pressure
Although leverage has improved recently, the company has experienced substantial debt relative to equity during weaker periods. That history can constrain flexibility when earnings fall, increase the importance of continued debt reduction, and amplify the consequences of another operating downturn.
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Company Description
Compass Minerals International
Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP) operates as a significant global producer and supplier of vital minerals, concentrating its activities primarily across the United States, Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, while also serving other international markets. The company organizes its diverse operations into three main business divisions: Salt, Plant Nutrition North America, and Plant Nutrition South America. Within its Salt segment, Compass Minerals offers a comprehensive suite of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride products. These include various forms such as rock salt, salt produced through mechanical and solar evaporation, and both brine and flake magnesium chloride. This division also procures potassium chloride and calcium chloride, which it either sells as standalone finished goods or integrates with salt to create specialized blends. The applications for these products are extensive: they function as de-icing agents for roadways, are used by both professional and consumer markets, serve as fundamental ingredients in chemical production, aid in water treatment, contribute to human and animal nutrition, and fulfill a wide spectrum of other industrial and consumer demands. An additional service provided by this segment is records management. The Plant Nutrition North America segment specializes in delivering sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers, available in a variety of grades. Its portfolio includes agricultural products suitable for methods like broadcast spreading, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions; turf products tailored for the ornamental market and for blends used on golf course greens; organic options marketed under the Protassium+ brand; and micronutrient products, including those under the Wolf Trax label and other brands. This segment's clientele includes agricultural input distributors and retailers, as well as direct growers. Finally, the Plant Nutrition South America segment provides a selection of specialized plant nutrients and supplements. It also supplies essential chemicals for water and wastewater purification, decontamination, and treatment processes, alongside various process chemicals designated for industrial applications. Initially incorporated as Salt Holdings Corporation, the company formally adopted its current name, Compass Minerals International, Inc., in December 2003. Established in 1993, its corporate headquarters are situated in Overland Park, Kansas.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Industrial Materials
- CEO
- Edward C. Dowling Jr.
- Employees
- 1,849
- Website
- www.compassminerals.com
- Address
- 9900 West 109th Street, Overland Park, KS, 66210, US
Compass Minerals International (CM8) Earnings & Revenues
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CM8 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presented a mix of meaningful operational and financial progress alongside ongoing operational challenges. Notable positives include a strong turnaround at Plant Nutrition (Ogden) with material margin and EBITDA improvement, constructive salt pricing in the bid season, an upward revision to consolidated EBITDA guidance, a strengthened balance sheet with reduced net leverage and an S&P upgrade, and active capital/operational initiatives (dryer project, maintenance, accelerator teams). Offsetting these gains are near-term execution issues in mining operations—particularly at Goderich—leading to higher per-unit production and logistics costs, a quarter-over-quarter decline in Salt EBITDA and operating earnings, lower highway volumes, and slower-than-expected realization of efficiency gains (resulting in delayed project timing and short-term cash flow pressures). Overall, the positives (guidance raise, Plant Nutrition outperformance, pricing momentum, and balance sheet repair) appear to outweigh the lowlights, though the company must convert operational initiatives into sustained cost declines to deliver on the optimism expressed.
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