The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Compass Minerals International's share price is $12.62.
Compass Minerals International's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.02. Hence, Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio for today is 0.43.
Good Sign:
Compass Minerals International Inc stock PS Ratio (=0.44) is close to 10-year low of 0.44
The historical rank and industry rank for Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CMP'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42 Med: 1.91 Max: 2.99
Current: 0.44
During the past 13 years, Compass Minerals International's highest PS Ratio was 2.99. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 1.91.
CMP's PS Ratio is ranked better than 81.92% of 741
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.61
vs CMP: 0.44
During the past 13 years, Compass Minerals International's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 17.80% per year. The lowest was -47.30% per year. And the median was 1.40% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Compass Minerals International PS Ratio Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Compass Minerals International's PS Ratio falls into.
Compass Minerals International PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Compass Minerals International's Share Price of today is $12.62. Compass Minerals International's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $29.02.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) PS Ratio Explanation
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Compass Minerals International PS Ratio Related Terms
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Compass Minerals International (Compass Minerals International) Business Description
Compass Minerals currently produces two primary products: salt and specialty potash fertilizer. The company's main assets include rock salt mines in Ontario, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom and a salt brine operation at the Great Salt Lake in Utah that produces sulfate of potash and magnesium chloride. Compass' salt products are used for deicing and also by industrial and consumer end markets. The firm's sulfate of potash is used by growers of high-value crops that are sensitive to standard potash. Compass also sells fire retardants, with its magnesium chloride-based products used to combat forest fires.
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