Compass Minerals International, Inc.

CMP Basic Materials Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Compass Minerals International, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $1.2 billion, up 11.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.33%
EPS
+68.3%
Free cash flow
−179.9%
Total debt
−12.5%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

22.61 0.65 −2.79%
Market cap
$953.4M
P/E
52.6×
Fwd P/E
17.9×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
1.42
Beneish M
−2.97
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 23.83%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 953.39
Revenue ttm 1,292.10
Net income ttm 18.40
Free cash flow ttm 77.90
Net debt Q 665.90
Valuation
P/E 52.58 (above 35: high)
Forward P/E 17.90
Price / sales 0.74
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 12.26
Price / book 3.63
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.01 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 2.74 (above 2: weak)
Interest coverage Q 0.75
Growth
Revenue growth Q +0.33% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −31.45% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +286.46% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +40.22% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +3.46%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +124.80% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 69.73%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 18.56%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 52.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 9.13%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 35.46%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
0.00%
Annual rate
0.00
Payout ratio
0.00%
Growth, 2017–25
−100.0%/yr
  1. 2.88 ’17
  2. 2.88 ’18 +0
  3. 2.88 ’19 +0
  4. 2.88 ’20 +0
  5. 2.31 ’21 −20
  6. 0.60 ’22 −74
  7. 0.60 ’23 +0
  8. 0.15 ’24 −75
  9. 0.00 ’25 −100
paid change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 39 20 60 56
Receivables 129 126 180 150
Inventory 400 414 312 257
Other 33 27 21 36
601 587 572 499
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 117 82 96 92
ST’ Debt 5 8 — 6
Other 271 5 8 6
275 217 266 248

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.92%) (0.02%) 1.07%
Cash Flow 2.72% 10.43% 23.09%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (10.59%) (4.40%) (2.94%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.43 0.30 (0.13) — —
’25 (0.57) (0.77) (0.41) (0.17) (1.91)
’24 — (0.94) (1.05) (1.17) (4.99)
’23 (1.83) — — — 0.37
’23 — (0.53) 0.96 (0.09) 0.26
’22 (0.01) — — — (0.74)
’22 0.07 (0.36) (0.23) (0.20) (0.63)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 396 453 215 — —
’25 307 495 215 228 1,244
’24 — 364 203 209 1,117
’23 342 — — — 1,205
’23 — 411 208 234 1,205
’22 352 — — — 1,244
’22 332 449 215 251 1,245
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (37) 197 2 — —
’25 (4) 187 22 (7) 198
’24 — 86 (7) (13) 14
’23 (52) — — — 108
’23 — 147 (23) (21) 106
’22 2 — — — 121
’22 (14) 160 3 (28) 120
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 (60) 179 (19) — —
’25 (26) 173 23 (23) 148
’24 — 56 (21) (34) (100)
’23 (101) — — — 108
’23 — 118 (58) (91) (48)
’22 (18) — — — 121
’22 (29) 131 (22) (56) 24
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,138 1,364 1,080 1,085 1,005 837 1,244 1,205 1,117 1,244 1,292 +1.0% 1,287 1,326 1,389 +3.7%
Gross margin, % 26.32 23.94 17.04 21.43 21.87 20.52 16.24 19.00 17.45 15.33 17.22 (11.0) pt
EBT 197 103 40 49 45 35 (2) 33 (188) (54) 42 n/m
EBT margin, % 17.34 7.53 3.74 4.55 4.43 4.20 (0.16) 2.74 (16.84) (4.32) 3.24 (21.7) pt
Net income 163 43 65 61 63 (213) (38) 15 (206) (80) 18 n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 33.69 40.34 31.89 32.03 29.62 24.60 36.59 29.39 27.05 29.74 30.59 (1.4%)
Earnings 4.82 1.26 1.91 1.79 1.86 (5.66) (0.74) 0.37 (4.99) (1.91) 0.43 n/m
Cash flow 4.95 4.47 5.39 4.71 5.16 4.78 3.54 2.63 0.35 4.73 3.69 (0.5%)
Capex (5.39) (3.37) (2.86) (2.90) (2.50) (2.11) 0.00 0.00 (2.76) (1.20) (1.85) (15.4%)
Free cash flow (0.44) 1.10 2.53 1.82 2.66 2.67 3.54 2.63 (2.42) 3.53 1.84 n/m
Book value 21.23 20.54 15.96 15.28 11.15 8.62 7.53 0.00 7.66 5.60 6.24 (13.8%)
Shares, m 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 41 41 42 42 +2.4%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.42 59.96 20.74 33.68 35.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.58 16.7
P/S 2.34 1.86 0.94 1.39 1.71 2.31 1.31 0.86 0.44 0.65 0.74 1.4
P/B 3.71 3.65 2.61 3.90 5.42 7.47 3.25 2.23 1.57 3.43 3.63 3.7
EV/Sales 3.44 2.83 1.84 2.31 2.89 3.29 1.86 1.59 1.25 1.27 1.25 2.3
EV/FCF (69.20) 45.59 15.38 39.26 129.30 (427.77) 67.78 (14.47) (13.97) 10.74 20.81 (21.7)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 167 151 182 160 175 163 121 108 14 198 156 +1.9%
Capex (182) (114) (97) (98) (85) (72) (97) (156) (114) (50) (78) (13.4%)
Free cash flow (15) 37 86 62 90 91 121 108 (100) 148 78 n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 343 470 438 484 460 336 329 318 370 307 251 (1.2%)
Net debt 1,248 1,326 1,338 1,278 1,299 917 965 830 897 773 666 (5.2%)
Shareholders’ equity 717 695 540 518 378 293 256 521 317 234 264 (11.7%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.91 1.68 2.60 2.49 2.64 (10.96) (1.50) 0.82 (11.83) (5.05) 1.27 (13.0) pt
ROIC 5.55 4.92 2.65 4.16 3.84 4.08 0.00 0.00 (6.01) 1.57 7.77 (4.0) pt
ROE 23.86 5.98 10.41 11.32 13.84 (63.54) (9.59) 2.89 (49.45) (28.98) 7.17 (52.8) pt
People
People Employees 3,103 3,090 3,071 3,131 3,229 — 1,954 1,981 1,894 1,800 — (5.9%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.37 0.44 0.35 0.35 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.69 — +7.3%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026

Compass Minerals International, Inc. vs peers in Other Industrial Metals & Mining (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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CMP Compass Minerals International, Inc. $953.4M 52.6× 17.9× +0.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m −179.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.60% 5.06%
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LAC Lithium Americas Corp. $665.8M — (loss-making) — — n/m −26.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
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Median of peers $867.4M — — +54.80% — −47.48% 0.00% 0.00%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.02%
Koch Industries, Inc. 16.81%
SailingStone Capital Partners LLC 11.41%
BlackRock, Inc. 8.18%
The Vanguard Group 6.63%
State Street Corporation One Congress Street Suite 5.51%
M Partners Fund LP 5.47%
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