CMP Stock — Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CMP is a Stock. Total return is 222.4% over the past 22.8 years, 751.3 points behind SPY at 973.7%.

Compass Minerals International produces essential minerals across two business segments: Salt, which manufactures and sells sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, and specialty salt products for deicing, chemical production, water treatment, and other industrial applications; and Plant Nutrition, which produces sulfate of potash fertilizers and turf products for agricultural and ornamental markets. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. Compass Minerals operates facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally, and may appeal to investors seeking exposure to the essential minerals and specialty fertilizer sectors.

CMP performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 222.4% over the past 22.8 years, 751.3 points behind SPY at 973.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 21.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 34.9%.

CMP key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/12/2003

Distribution frequency

None

5-year average yield

2.44

Last close

$22.26 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$934,494,255

Average volume

315201.0

Ex-dividend date

03/08/2024

Payment date

03/20/2024

Beta

1.261

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

54.29

Forward P/E

14.771

EPS

$0.41

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CMP risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 34.9%.

Who may consider CMP — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CMP does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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