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Trexquant Investment LP bought a new position in shares of Compass Minerals International, Inc. ( NYSE:CMP – Free Report ) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 23,791 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $268,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of CMP. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Compass Minerals International by 0.4% in the 4th quarter.
Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 785,676 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $8,842,000 after purchasing an additional 2,865 shares during the last quarter. Lightrock Netherlands B.V.
bought a new stake in Compass Minerals International during the fourth quarter worth approximately $6,394,000. Bard Financial Services Inc. grew its position in Compass Minerals International by 1.
2% in the fourth quarter. Bard Financial Services Inc. now owns 189,615 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,133,000 after buying an additional 2,250 shares during the last quarter.
American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Compass Minerals International by 77.8% in the fourth quarter.
American Century Companies Inc. now owns 154,773 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,741,000 after buying an additional 67,725 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc.
acquired a new stake in shares of Compass Minerals International during the 4th quarter valued at $1,439,000. 99.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CMP. StockNews.com upgraded Compass Minerals International from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Compass Minerals International from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $13.00 to $15.
00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of Compass Minerals International from $18.00 to $17.
00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Compass Minerals International Stock Performance Shares of Compass Minerals International stock opened at $10.77 on Monday.
Compass Minerals International, Inc. has a 12 month low of $7.51 and a 12 month high of $15.
82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 2.
37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.67. The stock has a market cap of $447.
04 million, a PE ratio of -2.73 and a beta of 1.17.
The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $12.07.
Compass Minerals International ( NYSE:CMP – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported ($0.55) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.
05) by ($0.50). Compass Minerals International had a negative return on equity of 10.
00% and a negative net margin of 15.10%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Compass Minerals International, Inc.
will post -0.53 EPS for the current fiscal year. Compass Minerals International Profile ( Free Report ) 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. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding CMP? Visit HoldingsChannel.
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