With 0.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.67 million shares. The 52-week range on CMP shows that it touched its highest point at $23.59 and its lowest point at $7.51 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.50. With its current market cap of 499.71 million, CMP has annualized dividend of $0.15 while the current yield stands at 1.25%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.25.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CMP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.70%, but this was down by -11.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.43% while six-month performance rose 26.87%. The stock lost -46.70% in the past year, while it has gained 7.02% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMP yields -3.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.55. For the next quarter, that number is 0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -955.23% for this year and 181.10% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.47 million CMP shares are outstanding with a float of 40.56 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CMP since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.25317 being high and -$0.26983 being low. For CMP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.2603. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.35 and the low estimate is -$0.39. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.04.
