Report
Seth Goldstein, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Heavy December Snowfall Buoys Compass Shares and Supports Our Thesis

Shares of Best Idea Compass Minerals have risen nearly 10% in the past two weeks as harsh winter weather seems to have improved market sentiment for the deicing salt producer. The 2017-18 winter has begun with an above-average number of snow days, which should bode well for Compass’ deicing salt profits in the near term. We calculate that 10 representative cities across Compass' Midwest and Great Lakes footprint saw 47 snow days in December 2017, the most for that month since 2014. This marked a...
Underlying
Compass Minerals International Inc.

Compass Minerals International is a holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company is a provider of minerals, including salt, secondary nutrients and micronutrients, and specialty chemicals. The company has three reportable segments: Salt, which produces, markets and sells salt and magnesium chloride and sodium chloride; Plant Nutrition North America, which includes sales of sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and specialty plant nutrients; and Plant Nutrition South America, which manufactures, distributes and markets an array of specialty plant nutrients and supplements developed and formulated from primary and secondary nutrients, specialty plant nutrients and biostimulants.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Seth Goldstein, CFA

Other Reports on these Companies
Other Reports from Morningstar

ResearchPool Subscriptions

Get the most out of your insights

Get in touch