Compass Minerals International, Inc. provides essential minerals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Salt and Plant Nutrition. The Salt segment produces, markets, and sells sodium chloride and magnesium chloride, including rock salt, mechanically and solar evaporated salt, and brine and flake magnesium chloride products; and purchases and sells potassium chloride and …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.94), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Where CMP ranks in Other Industrial Metals & Mining
Compass Minerals Intl Inc ranks #7 of 48
scored companies in Other Industrial Metals & Mining by moat score — the top 15%.
The widest moat in the group is BHP Group Limited (BHP)
at 88/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CMP in Other Industrial Metals & Mining
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 76
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 84
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 37
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 61
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 68
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Compass Minerals Intl Inc (CMP) scores 64 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #7 of 48 scored companies in Other Industrial Metals & Mining, the top 15%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 47 companies in Other Industrial Metals & Mining. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (84/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (37/100).
How does Compass Minerals Intl Inc compare with other Other Industrial Metals & Mining companies?
Compass Minerals Intl Inc ranks #7 of 48 scored companies in Other Industrial Metals & Mining by moat score. The widest moat in Other Industrial Metals & Mining is BHP Group Limited (BHP) at 88/100. The companies ranked closest are Teck Resources Ltd (TECK) at 70 just above it and Vizsla Silver Corp. (VZLA) at 64 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 47 companies in Other Industrial Metals & Mining. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Compass Minerals Intl Inc scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Compass Minerals Intl Inc?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CMP scores: Pricing Power (66), Cost Advantage (76), Customer Stickiness (84), Capital Efficiency (37), Resilience (61), Scale & Market Position (68). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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