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       Sector: Basic Materials  >  Industry: Non-Metallic Mining
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CMP: Bull or Bear?

Compass Minerals International Inc. Graphic_rating_buy CMP
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62%
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<> Compass Minerals International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces and markets inorganic mineral products in North America and the United Kingdom. It operates in two segments: Salt and Specialty Fertilizer. The Salt segment mines, produces, processes, and distributes sodium chloride and magnesium chloride salts, such rock, evaporated, and solar salt, as well as liquid and flake magnesium chloride for use in various applications, including highway deicing, food processing, water conditioning, industrial chemical processing, and nutritional supplements for animal stock. The Specialty F...
By  Marian Filo   (-24.55%  risk: aggressive)  06/29/08 Comment


Compass Minerals Shares Continue to Point North Graphic_rating_buy CMP
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<>The fertilizer play is alive and well. On 3-2-08 I stumbled across a salt and specialty fertilizer stock, Compass Minerals International (CMP). Since my call on theupdown.com, the stock is up 44.35%. No one could have known that fertilizer would run this long, and when I found the stock it was undervalued with respect to its peers (at least by my estimation). Potash companies are by far my favorite in the fertilizer space. Nitrogen margins are going to get tighter as natural gas continues to go higher, and phosphate's will do the same in the face of difficulty finding rock. Since potash is ...
By  Michael Filloon   (-33.20%  risk: aggressive)  06/19/08 Comment


has had an amazing run in 2008 Graphic_rating_buy CMP
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Today's stock selection:
CMP Compass Minerals International Inc.
Inspired by:
http://www.zacks.com/rank/zcommentary/?id=7867
The company's stock price has more than doubled, opening the year trading at $40 and recently moving past the $82 mark. Compass's first-quarter results were impressive, posting an 88% jump in income from just last year. With robust demand and strong pricing power to boot, this stock looks well positioned to continue its upward ascent.

First-Quarter Results

<> Sales were up 44% from last year to $380 million. Net income up 88% from last y...
By  Armin Stuk   (-19.83%  risk: moderate)  06/17/08 Comment


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