CMPCompass Minerals International, Inc.

Basic Materials

$22.82+27% 1Y

$22.82

$16.5452 weeks$33.51

Is it safe?

Mixed

Solid, nothing alarming: clean books, but big price swings.

1 good, 1 to watch, 3 neutral, 1 without data

SurvivalGrey zone

Mixed, watch the balance sheet Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality5 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeBBBderived · Jun 30, 2026

Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk55% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Large price swings, high volatility. Worst drawdown -89% · now 32% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Sep 30, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybehind 72% of the market

Max drawdownbehind 87% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can CMP take a bad year?

Compass Minerals International, Inc. carries $660M of net debt at 2.97× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$660M

Net debt · as at Q3 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA: 2.97×
Net debt / EBITDA · 11.7× a year ago · the load is coming down
Altman Z-score: 1.62
Altman Z-score · distress zone, below 1.8
Interest cover: 1.70×
Interest cover · operating profit barely covers the interest bill