Compass Minerals International Inc
CMP NYSE Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) Financials FY2015βFY2025
What Compass Minerals International Inc does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Dec 12, 2025
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001227654-25-000199
0001227654
Revenue and margins
Compass Minerals International Inc had $1.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 11.3% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $128M in fiscal 2025, 10.3% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Compass Minerals International Inc returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.3%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Compass Minerals International Inc can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $18.1M | $46.1M | $38.7M | $20.2M | $59.7M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $941M | $951M | $813M | $934M | $848M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.8x | 5.7x | 4.4x | β | 6.1x |
| Debt / equity | 3.1x | 3.6x | 1.5x | 2.9x | 3.6x |
| Interest coverage | 1.6x | 0.8x | 1.4x | β1.7x | 0.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 2.5x | 2.2x | 2.7x | 2.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 1.0x |
| Total assets | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Total liabilities | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $298M | $265M | $521M | $317M | $234M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $923M | $905M | $774M | $914M | $788M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 3 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | β / 3 | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | 1.3% | β0.2% | β4.3% | β4.8% | β4.1% | β6.9% | β8.6% | β5.5% | β12.8% | β17.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 4.30 | 2.78 | 2.85 | 2.63 | 2.71 | 2.56 | 2.19 | 2.28 | 1.26 | 1.46 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Gross profit | $330M | $300M | $327M | $184M | $233M | $220M | $200M | $232M | $195M | $191M |
| Operating income | $221M | $175M | $159M | $79.5M | $120M | $103M | $45.4M | $77.4M | β$117M | $25.3M |
| Interest expense | $21.5M | $34.1M | $52.9M | $51.2M | $58.3M | $62.7M | $55.2M | $55.5M | $69.5M | $68.5M |
| Pretax income | $215M | $197M | $103M | $40.4M | $49.4M | $44.5M | $0.2M | $27.6M | β$188M | β$53.7M |
| Income tax | $55.3M | $34.6M | $60.0M | $8.3M | $9.1M | $1.9M | $33.5M | $17.1M | $17.9M | $26.1M |
| Net income | $159M | $163M | $42.7M | $64.8M | $60.8M | $63.1M | β$21.1M | $10.5M | β$206M | β$79.8M |
| Net income to common | β | β | β | $64.3M | $59.9M | $62.0M | β$21.4M | $10.2M | β$206M | β |
| Diluted EPS | $4.69 | $4.79 | $1.25 | $1.90 | $1.76 | $1.82 | β$0.63 | $0.25 | β$4.99 | β |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $138M | $167M | $151M | $182M | $160M | $175M | $120M | $106M | $14.4M | $198M |
| Capital expenditure | $218M | $182M | $114M | $96.8M | $98.1M | $84.9M | $96.6M | $154M | $114M | $69.7M |
| Free cash flow | β$79.7M | β$14.9M | $37.1M | $85.5M | $61.5M | $90.3M | $23.8M | β$48.3M | β$99.8M | $128M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $78.3M | $90.3M | $122M | $137M | $138M | $138M | $113M | $98.6M | $105M | $103M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.1M | $4.9M | $5.0M | $7.8M | $6.3M | $9.4M | $15.7M | $20.6M | $8.1M | $10.2M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $278M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | $0.0M | $18.9M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends paid | $89.4M | $94.1M | $97.5M | $97.7M | $98.1M | $99.1M | $20.8M | $24.9M | $12.6M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $89.4M | $94.1M | $97.5M | $97.7M | $98.1M | $99.1M | $20.8M | $24.9M | $12.6M | $0.0M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $58.4M | $77.4M | $36.6M | $27.0M | $18.0M | $18.1M | $46.1M | $38.7M | $20.2M | $59.7M |
| Total debt | $723M | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $935M | $948M | $805M | $918M | $832M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | β | $7.3M | $5.5M | $3.2M | $7.2M | $16.4M | $15.5M |
| Current assets | $512M | $715M | $738M | $721M | $780M | $531M | $571M | $601M | $587M | $572M |
| Current liabilities | $171M | $372M | $268M | $283M | $296M | $195M | $233M | $275M | $217M | $266M |
| Inventory | $275M | $281M | $290M | $267M | $229M | $322M | $313M | $400M | $414M | $312M |
| Property and equipment, net | $801M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $58.1M | $412M | $405M | $351M | $54.7M | $57.8M | $56.4M | $88.8M | $6.0M | $6.0M |
| Intangible assets | $85.3M | $158M | $144M | $116M | $51.1M | $48.8M | $45.4M | $120M | $82.5M | $23.8M |
| Total assets | $1.6B | $2.5B | $2.6B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.5B |
| Total liabilities | $985M | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $640M | $717M | $689M | $530M | $518M | $298M | $265M | $521M | $317M | $234M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 30.0% | 26.3% | 23.9% | 17.0% | 21.4% | 21.9% | 16.0% | 19.3% | 17.5% | 15.3% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 15.3% | 11.7% | 7.4% | 11.0% | 10.2% | 3.6% | 6.4% | β10.5% | 2.0% |
| EBITDA margin | 27.3% | 23.3% | 20.6% | 20.0% | 23.7% | 24.0% | 12.7% | 14.6% | β1.1% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 14.3% | 3.1% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 6.3% | β1.7% | 0.9% | β18.4% | β6.4% |
| FCF margin | β7.3% | β1.3% | 2.7% | 7.9% | 5.7% | 9.0% | 1.9% | β4.0% | β8.9% | 10.3% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 12.6% | 7.3% | 5.1% | 3.4% | 5.4% | 8.1% | 2.5% | 3.9% | β7.6% | 2.0% |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 8.3% | 6.9% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 7.2% | 3.2% | 5.0% | β8.2% | 2.0% |
| Return on equity | 24.9% | 24.0% | 6.1% | 10.6% | 11.6% | 21.2% | β7.5% | 2.7% | β49.2% | β29.0% |
| Return on assets | 9.8% | 8.0% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 3.9% | β1.3% | 0.6% | β11.9% | β5.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 32.1% | 110.5% | 30.5% | 101.4% | 14.5% | 32.4% | β13.1% | 3.3% | β90.4% | β39.1% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 3.6% | 19.9% | β20.9% | 0.5% | β | 23.9% | β3.3% | β7.2% | 11.3% |
| Net income growth | β | 2.2% | β73.8% | 51.8% | β6.2% | β | β133.4% | β | β2,062.9% | β |
| EPS growth | β | 2.1% | β73.9% | 52.0% | β7.4% | β | β134.6% | β | β2,096.0% | β |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | 130.5% | β28.1% | β | β73.6% | β302.9% | β | β |
| Share count change | β | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | β | 0.6% | 19.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2x | 4.7x | 4.8x | 6.2x | 5.0x | 3.8x | 5.7x | 4.4x | β | 6.1x |
| Debt / equity | 1.1x | 1.8x | 2.0x | 2.6x | 2.5x | 3.1x | 3.6x | 1.5x | 2.9x | 3.6x |
| Interest coverage | 10.3x | 5.1x | 3.0x | 1.6x | 2.1x | 1.6x | 0.8x | 1.4x | β1.7x | 0.4x |
| Current ratio | 3.0x | 1.9x | 2.8x | 2.5x | 2.6x | 2.7x | 2.5x | 2.2x | 2.7x | 2.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.7x | 1.6x | 1.9x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 1.0x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 19.8% | 16.0% | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 12.8% | 10.2% | 5.6% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | 262.8% | 114.3% | 159.5% | 109.7% | 87.4% | β | β | 0.0% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | β | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Accruals ratio | 1.3% | β0.2% | β4.3% | β4.8% | β4.1% | β6.9% | β8.6% | β5.5% | β12.8% | β17.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001227654). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.