Compass Minerals International (CMP) valuation against sector peers: P/E 55.0 (sector median 23.8), P/B 3.7, EV/EBIT 14.3, free-cash-flow yield 7.9%, P/S 0.8.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Metric	CMP	Sector median	vs median
P/E	55.0	23.8 · n=64	131% above
P/B	3.7	2.1 · n=82	81% above
P/S	0.8	1.2 · n=82	38% below
EV/EBIT	14.3	19.9 · n=50	28% below
Free-cash-flow yield	7.9%	3.6% · n=80	121% above
Dividend yield	0.00%	1.30% · n=89	100% below
Return on equity	7.2%	10.3% · n=84	31% below
Return on invested capital	7.7%	6.4% · n=65	21% above
Gross margin	17.2%	23.9% · n=83	28% below
Net debt / EBITDA	3.02	2.41 · n=60	25% above

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Value factor: 68 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
NEMNewmont	14.1	3.6	—	7.7%	0.8%	9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan	26.1	4.3	14.7	—	0.9%	5/10
SHWSherwin-Williams	32.3	21.7	—	3.6%	1.1%	8/10
ECLEcolab	41.3	8.3	33.9	2.1%	1.0%	8/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals	—	5.0	—	−0.4%	2.3%	1/10
CR CRHCRH plc	18.3	2.6	15.1	3.9%	1.2%	5/10
NUENucor	19.7	2.6	—	2.8%	0.9%	8/10
WCNWaste Connections	41.9	6.0	32.3	2.6%	0.8%	6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials	16.4	2.1	38.4	2.3%	0.6%	1/10
VMCVulcan Materials	33.7	4.4	25.6	2.1%	0.7%	5/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Jun 2026 · filed 06 Aug 2026

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