Compass Minerals International Inc
CMP
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Mkt Cap
$518.4MPE
-6.03Debt
$888.3MCash
$40MEV
$1.367BFCF
-$191.5MP/E Ratio
-6.03Debt
$888.3MCash
$40MEV
$1.367BFCF
-$191.5MCharts data: {"Earnings":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":217900000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":159200000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":162700000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":42700000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":64300000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":59900000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":59500000},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":-25400000},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":15200000}],"Sales":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":1282500000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":1098700000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":1138000000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":1364400000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":1493600000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":1490500000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":1373500000},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":1244100000},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":1204700000}],"Net Margins":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":0.16990253411306042},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.14489851642850643},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.1429701230228471},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.031295807681031955},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.04305034815211569},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.040187856424018786},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":0.043319985438660356},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":-0.02041636524395145},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":0.012617249107661658}],"Assets":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":1637200000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":1628900000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":2466500000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":2571000000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":2367900000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":2443200000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":2262400000},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":1643500000},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":1818000000}],"Stockholders Equity":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":653600000},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":639700000},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":717100000},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":694600000},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":540200000},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":529600000},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":387000000},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":256400000},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":517200000}],"ROE":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":0.3333843329253366},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.2488666562451149},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.226886068888579},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.061474229772530954},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.11902998889300259},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.11310422960725075},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":0.15374677002583978},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":-0.09906396255850235},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":0.029389017788089715}],"ROA":[{"time":"2014-12-30","value":0.1905081847055949},{"time":"2015-12-30","value":0.14488304991098286},{"time":"2016-12-30","value":0.09381714980741943},{"time":"2017-12-30","value":0.06192143134966939},{"time":"2018-12-30","value":0.059166349930318},{"time":"2019-12-30","value":0.06696136214800262},{"time":"2020-12-30","value":0.06294200848656294},{"time":"2022-09-29","value":0.026102829327654398},{"time":"2023-09-29","value":0.04350935093509351}]}
Compass Minerals International, Inc., produces and sells essential minerals primarily 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, markets, and sells sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers in various grades that are used in broadcast spreaders, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions under the Protassium+ brand; turf products used by the turf and ornamental markets, as well as for blends used on golf course greens; and organic 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 1993 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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In the chart Earnings are multiplied by this value.
Earnings Growth -25%
Earnings Stability 21%
Competitiveness and MOAT
High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
| Years | 12-2014 | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 09-2022 | 09-2023 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Margin | 17% | 14% | 14% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4% | 4.3% | -2% | 1.3% | -7.5% |
| ROA | 19% | 14% | 9.4% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 2.6% | 4.4% | -5.9% |
| ROE | 33% | 25% | 23% | 6.1% | 12% | 11% | 15% | -9.9% | 2.9% | -22% |
What is the average Net Margin?
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +2.5%.
What is the trend of Net Margin?
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -0.8%.
What is the average Return on Assets (ROA)?
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +5.34%.
What is the trend of Return on Assets (ROA)?
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -0.56%.
What is the average Return on Equity (ROE)?
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +6.29%.
What is the trend of Return on Equity (ROE)?
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -2.21%.
Safety & Stabiliy
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
| Years | 12-2014 | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 09-2022 | 09-2023 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt FCF | - | -9.18 | -98.19 | 42.72 | 15.07 | 24.11 | 16.37 | 40.16 | -16.90 | -4.64 |
| Debt Equity | 0.96 | 1.14 | 2.04 | 2.02 | 2.62 | 2.80 | 3.82 | 3.73 | 1.58 | 2.29 |
| MIN | ||||||||||
| Graham Stability | - | - | - | 24% | 53% | 67% | 100% | -41% | 49% | -41% |
What is the Debt/FCF?
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -4.64.
What is the trend of Debt/FCF?
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is -6.59.
What is the Graham’s Stability?
Graham’s Stability measure stands at -0.41.
Growth
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
| Years | 12-2015 | 12-2017 | 12-2019 | 09-2022 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.3% | -2.5% | -6.9% | -3.2% | -0.95% |
| Net Income | -29% | -19% | -37% | - | 6.5% |
| Stockholders Equity | -3% | -5.7% | -0.79% | 100% | 5.3% |
| FCF | - | - | - | - | -70% |
What is the 5 year Revenue CAGR?
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is -2.46%.
What is the trend of Revenue growth?
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is -0.95%.
What is the 5 year Earnings CAGR?
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -18.66%.
What is the trend of Earnings growth?
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is +6.53%.
What is the 5 year Equity CAGR?
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is -5.73%.
What is the trend of Equity growth?
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is +5.32%.
What is the 5 year FCF CAGR?
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
What is the trend of FCF growth?
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -69.84%.