Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC Has $7.30 Million Position in Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP)

Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP - Free Report) by 10.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 649,272 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 77,744 shares during the quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC owned about 1.57% of Compass Minerals International worth $7,304,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Lightrock Netherlands B.V. acquired a new stake in Compass Minerals International during the 4th quarter worth $6,394,000. Michelson Medical Research Foundation Inc. bought a new position in shares of Compass Minerals International in the 3rd quarter worth $6,070,000. Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in shares of Compass Minerals International by 127.5% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 525,097 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $6,506,000 after purchasing an additional 294,333 shares during the period. Invenomic Capital Management LP increased its holdings in Compass Minerals International by 23.9% in the third quarter. Invenomic Capital Management LP now owns 969,085 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $11,648,000 after purchasing an additional 186,717 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Compass Minerals International in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,439,000. 99.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on Compass Minerals International from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Compass Minerals International from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $13.00 to $15.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Compass Minerals International from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th.

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Compass Minerals International Stock Down 4.0 %

Shares of NYSE CMP traded down $0.47 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $11.23. 407,130 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 788,797. Compass Minerals International, Inc. has a twelve month low of $7.51 and a twelve month high of $19.02. The company has a current ratio of 2.37, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $466.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.84 and a beta of 1.27. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $11.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $12.06.

Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported ($0.55) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Compass Minerals International, Inc. will post -0.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Compass Minerals International Company Profile

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.