With 1.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.41 million shares. During the session, the Other Industrial Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $17.585 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $16.775. The 52-week range on CMP shows that it touched its highest point at $22.69 and its lowest point at $8.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $19.67. CMP paid its most recent dividend on 1709856000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1709856000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.19.
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 down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -12.74%, but this was down by -1.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.70% while six-month performance fell -10.57%. The stock gained 53.42% in the past year, while it has gained 27.19% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMP yields -1.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.93. For the next quarter, that number is 0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 229.97% for this year and 49.41% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.69 million CMP shares are outstanding with a float of 30.72 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-11-28, short shares totaled 2.27 million, which was 546.0 higher than short shares on 1761868800. In addition to Dr. Edward C. Dowling Jr., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Benjamin Nichols serves as its Chief Commercial Officer.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2021-09-30, CMP reported revenue of $nan and operating income of $nan. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $nan and diluted EPS was -$0.17.
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. With CMP analysts setting a high price target of 22.0 and a low target of 18.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 20.0. Based on these targets, CMP could surge 27.46% to reach the target high and rise by 4.29% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.87% from current levels.
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 -$0.2544 being high and -$0.26793 being low. For CMP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.2603. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was -$0.13. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.45 and the low estimate is $0.45. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.45.
