← BackCOMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC · Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic MineralsCMP
Moderate riskNext report: Around Dec 7 (est.)
The short versionA company still losing money with growing sales, with elevated risk.
Watch out for
- Losing money
- Share count growing 7% a year
- High debt: 3.1x equity
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 4.1% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (128 bought, 82 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$22.25+4.8% that day
- Company value
- $934M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs sales
- 0.75x
- No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
- Cash vs value
- 6%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 86%
- Debt as a share of company value
From CMP's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $18.4M, turned positive from a loss the year before.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-30.5%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.3.10x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-6.4%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$197.7M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+22.6% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.15.3%
- Revenue
- $1.2B
- +11.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +4.4%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $807.6M
- 3.10x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.59x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- EPS
- -$0.13
- vs -$0.41
- Free cash flow
- -$18.7M
- Share count
- +0.9%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.3
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-4.1%Institutions cut 4.1% from their holdings. 128 bought, 82 sold.
Shares held by institutions38.9M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.7%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
2.7x · $716.6M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
42MWhy moderate risk- Losing money
- High debt: 2.72x equity
Next reportAround Dec 7 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 6
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedDec 8, 2025
- Results filedAug 11, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Option exerciseBenjamin S. NicholsChief Commercial Officer
6,946 shares
- +43% of holdings
- Now owns 22,934 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseBrandon RisnerChief Operating Officer
5,245 shares
- Now owns 5,245 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseEdward C DowlingPresident and CEO, Director
45,466 shares
- +69% of holdings
- Now owns 111,727 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseAshley WardChief Accounting Officer
2,598 shares
- +34% of holdings
- Now owns 10,323 shares
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseDavid SafranDirector
4,114 shares
- +129% of holdings
- Now owns 7,305 shares
- Filed 6 days after trade
- Also: Stock award
Stock awardDavid SafranDirector
1,135 shares
- +55% of holdings
- Now owns 3,191 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade