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Compass Minerals Intl (CMP) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$22.88+0.09 (+0.4%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week Compass Minerals raised its fiscal 2026 sales guidance to $1.253 billion-$1.299 billion, exceeding analyst estimates, following its Q3 results. The quarter showed revenue of $215.3 million, ahead of estimates, alongside a net loss that narrowed 66% year over year to $5.7 million, even as adjusted EPS came in at negative $0.14, missing consensus. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $39.9 million, a slight decrease from the prior year, with Plant Nutrition cited as a key driver of the improved results. The company also announced Brandon Risner as its new chief operating officer, overseeing its global production and packaging facilities, and its credit rating was improved to 'B+'.
CMP closed at $22.88, down from levels above both its 50-day average of $24.69 and 200-day average of $25.88, with the 50-day sitting below the 200-day. The stock's one-month return stands at -7.7% and its three-month return at -23.2%, though it remains up 16.8% over one year. The GekkoIndex reads 63.1, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, while the price sits 14.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.78.
The next earnings report is scheduled for 14 December 2026, 62 days out, placing it beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Analyst consensus carries a target of $29.5, implying 28.9% upside, drawn from a split of one buy, one hold and one sell among three firms. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -1.7% across 5 years, with gains in 3 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Compass Minerals Intl price vs fair value
Close $22.88200-day averageGekko Fair Value $26.78
Compass Minerals Intl quick facts
- Market cap
- $960.0M
- P/E ratio
- 53.7
- Forward P/E
- 14.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.42
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.29B
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.26
- Volume
- 184,569 avg 373,940
- 1-year return
- +16.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.4%
- 50-day average
- $24.69
- 200-day average
- $25.88
- Next earnings
- Dec 14
- Shares outstanding
- 41.98M
Compass Minerals Intl swing-trade checklist
Compass Minerals Intl scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $22.88 is below the 50-day ($24.69) and 200-day ($25.88) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.1, Accumulation
Reading 63.1 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
14.6% below
Price is 14.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 63 days
Next report Dec 14, 2026, 63 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
−1.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Compass Minerals Intl stock chart and price history
Compass Minerals Intl closed at $22.88 on Oct 12, 2026, +16.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $16.40 to $34.50.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −7.7%
- 3 months
- −23.2%
- 6 months
- −8.3%
- 1 year
- +16.8%
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About Compass Minerals Intl
Compass Minerals International produces and distributes essential minerals, with operations spanning the United States, Canada, Brazil and the United Kingdom, along with other international markets. The company is best known for its salt products, including rock salt and mechanically or solar-evaporated salt, used for de-icing roads, water treatment, chemical manufacturing, and both industrial and consumer purposes. It also supplies magnesium chloride, potassium chloride and calcium chloride, either on their own or blended for specialized use.
The business is structured into three segments: Salt, Plant Nutrition North America, and Plant Nutrition South America. The Salt division also offers records management services. Plant Nutrition North America focuses on sulfate of potash fertilizers in various grades, serving agricultural distributors, retailers and growers directly, with products for farming, turf care, and organic and micronutrient lines sold under brands including Protassium+ and Wolf Trax. Plant Nutrition South America supplies plant nutrients and supplements, along with chemicals used in water treatment, decontamination and industrial processes.
Compass Minerals International was founded in 1993 and originally incorporated as Salt Holdings Corporation before taking its current name in December 2003. Its headquarters are located in Overland Park, Kansas, and its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker CMP.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Website
- compassminerals.com
Compass Minerals Intl GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Compass Minerals Intl’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.1, in the Accumulation zone, down 3 points over five sessions.
63.1Accumulation
Down 3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 56 | −0.3% | +13.6% |
| Accumulation (current zone) | 259 | +0.2% | −1.2% |
| Neutral | 312 | +0.2% | +1.2% |
| Distribution | 43 | +3.5% | +8.4% |
| Selling | 12 | +3.4% | +2.4% |
Average CMP share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Compass Minerals Intl stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Compass Minerals Intl trades 14.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.78, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Compass Minerals Intl shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$26.78
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026
14.6% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 19.0% below the estimate.
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Compass Minerals Intl insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Compass Minerals Intl, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CMP were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
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Buybacks
Compass Minerals Intl has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $1.70M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.18%
- Trailing four quarters
- $3.50M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Compass Minerals Intl earnings: next date and track record
Compass Minerals Intl reports on Dec 14, 2026 (63 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Dec 14, 2026
63 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.01
- Revenue estimate
- $222.0M
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±10.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Compass Minerals reported mixed Q2 fiscal 2026 results: consolidated revenue of $453M (down 8% YoY) while adjusted EBITDA rose to $86M (up 3.3%) and adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 19.1%. Salt segment revenue and tons sold declined YoY (salt revenue $383M; tons 4.1M, down 19%), but per-ton operating earnings increased materially. Plant Nutrition showed strong momentum with revenue up and adjusted EBITDA rising significantly (revenue $67M; adjusted EBITDA $17M, margin 25.2%). Management highlighted early retirement of $150M of 2027 notes, ongoing operational programs (Back to Basics) targeting mining and maintenance improvements—particularly at Goderich—recent collective bargaining agreements, and a capital project (dryer/compaction plant) slated for next year. Management emphasized continued progress but acknowledged remaining work on mine execution and cost dynamics; they expect a constructive bid season and reiterated focus on value over volume.
- Guidance
- Updated full-year salt guidance: increased expected volumes but lowered margins (no specific numeric guidance provided on the call). No specific multi-year cost guidance; management declined to provide unit cost guidance but expects unit costs at the mine to decrease over time as operational improvements progress. No firm cash tax guidance provided; management said cash tax assumptions are built into current guidance and more detail expected in Q3/Q4. Management also referenced a targeted SOP run-rate (~$40–$50M annually historically) and a planned capital project (dryer/compaction plant) to be executed next year.
- Risks flagged
- Operational execution risk at Goderich and other mines (mine plan headwinds, equipment availability, slower-than-desired improvement cadence). Weather and geographic mix volatility that drives cost and volume variability. Product and distribution cost pressures and mix shifts. Inventory variability across regions leading to uneven pricing dynamics. Tax and cash tax uncertainty (complex cross-border tax mix and prior Ontario mining matter). Potential project execution risk for the planned capital project. General market/bid-season uncertainty despite early constructive signs.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | $0.63 est $0.59 | $453.2M est $419.0M | +6.7% |
| Dec 8, 2025 | −$0.17 est −$0.23 | $227.5M est $223.6M | −12.3% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | −$0.39 est −$0.06 | $214.6M est $212.0M | −10.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.63 est $0.00 | $494.6M est $208.6M | +28.7% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | −$0.55 est −$0.05 | $307.2M est $293.9M | −5.2% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | −$0.77 est −$0.52 | $208.8M est $214.2M | −2.1% |
| Sep 17, 2024 | −$1.01 est −$0.65 | $202.9M est $210.0M | +17.9% |
| May 7, 2024 | $1.49 est $0.27 | $364.0M est $210.7M | +2.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Compass Minerals Intl stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Compass Minerals Intl is $29.50, +28.9% from the last close, from 3 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$29.50consensus 12-month target, +28.9% from the last close
Now $22.88Avg $29.50
Low $25High $32
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 3 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | BMO Capital | $25 | +9.3% |
| Aug 31 | Deutsche Bank | $32 | +39.9% |
| Aug 10 | J.P. Morgan | $27 | +18.0% |
| Aug 7 | BMO Capital | $30 | +31.1% |
−1.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−1.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Compass Minerals Intl seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Compass Minerals Intl averaged −1.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −0.5% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −3.5% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −3.7% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, CMP’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.4%.
Compass Minerals Intl market cap and key statistics
Compass Minerals Intl’s market cap is $960.0M, with a P/E ratio of 53.7 and revenue of $1.29B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $960.0M
- P/E ratio
- 53.7
- Forward P/E
- 14.8
- EPS, TTM
- $0.42
- Gekko Fair Value
- $26.78
Trading
- Volume
- 184,569
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 373,940
- 52-week high
- $34.50
- 52-week low
- $16.40
- Shares outstanding
- 41.98M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.29B
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Return on equity
- 7.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −91.7%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.26
- Typical daily move
- ±3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.4%
Compass Minerals Intl stock news this week
Coverage of Compass Minerals Intl this week reads positive: 4 positive, 0 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- Compass Minerals raises FY26 sales guidance to $1.253B-$1.299Bscanx.trade, Oct 12
- Compass Minerals promotes Brandon Risner to chief operating officerscanx.trade, Oct 11
- Full Transcript: Compass Minerals Intl Q3 2026 Earnings CallBenzinga, Oct 9
- Compass Minerals Intl Q3FY26 Results: Net loss narrows 66% YoY to $5.7 millionscanx.trade, Oct 9
- Compass Minerals stock carries a USD 27 analyst consensus targetAD HOC NEWS, Oct 8
- Compass Minerals stock carries a USD 27 target after an EPS missAD HOC NEWS, Oct 5
Compass Minerals Intl peers
Compass Minerals Intl’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LINLinde | Neutral | 0.3% below |
| ECLEcolab | Neutral | 9.4% above |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | Accumulation | 9.5% below |
| DOWDow | Accumulation | 33.5% below |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| ALBAlbemarle | Accumulation | 29.6% below |
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Compass Minerals Intl stock FAQ
What is Compass Minerals Intl’s market cap?
Compass Minerals Intl’s market cap is $960.0M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $22.88, with 41.98M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 53.7.
What is the Compass Minerals Intl stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Compass Minerals Intl is $29.50, +28.9% from the last close. Of the 3 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Compass Minerals Intl stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Compass Minerals Intl is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $22.88 is 14.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $26.78. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Compass Minerals Intl report earnings next?
Compass Minerals Intl is expected to report on Dec 14, 2026 (63 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.01 per share on revenue of $222.0M. Compass Minerals Intl beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 10.7% on average across the report.
What is Compass Minerals Intl’s 52-week high and low?
Compass Minerals Intl’s 52-week high is $34.50 and its 52-week low is $16.40; it closed at $22.88 on Oct 12, 2026, +16.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $75.44 on Oct 15, 2021.
Is Compass Minerals Intl stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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