Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP – Get Free Report) is one of 1,984 public companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Compass Minerals International to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Dividends
Compass Minerals International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Compass Minerals International pays out 139.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.4% and pay out 10.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Compass Minerals International lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Compass Minerals International and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Compass Minerals International | $1.29 billion | -$79.80 million | 52.73 |
| Compass Minerals International Competitors | $5.46 billion | $278.94 million | -44.99 |
Compass Minerals International’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Compass Minerals International. Compass Minerals International is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Compass Minerals International and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Compass Minerals International | 1.42% | 12.75% | 2.28% |
| Compass Minerals International Competitors | -1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00% | -53.17% | -2.08% |
Risk and Volatility
Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International’s rivals have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Compass Minerals International and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Compass Minerals International | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Compass Minerals International Competitors | 6404 | 22599 | 32294 | 1796 | 2.47 |
Compass Minerals International presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.09%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 29.70%. Given Compass Minerals International’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Compass Minerals International has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Compass Minerals International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Compass Minerals International rivals beat Compass Minerals International on 9 of the 15 factors compared.
About Compass Minerals International
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. This segment provides products for use as a deicer for roadways, consumer, and professional use; as an ingredient in chemical production; for water treatment, human, and animal nutrition; and for various other consumer and industrial uses, as well as records management services. The Plant Nutrition segment produces sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers in various grades that are used in broadcast spreaders, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions under the Protassium+ brand name; turf products used by the turf and ornamental markets, as well as for blends used on golf course greens; organic products; and develops and produces a portfolio of magnesium chloride-based aerial and ground fire retardant products. This segment provides its products to distributors and retailers of crop inputs, as well as growers. The company was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in December 2003. Compass Minerals International, Inc. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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