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2/10/2012 4:02 PM

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company through its subsidiaries is a producer and marketer of inorganic mineral products with manufacturing sites in North America and the United Kingdom.

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Member Avatar wowdwarf2 (< 20) Submitted: 1/23/2012 5:25:49 PM : Outperform Start Price: $72.20 CMP Score: -4.01

Salt
Gov is a large customer

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Member Avatar walhersh (89.92) Submitted: 9/14/2011 5:07:16 PM : Outperform Start Price: $76.31 CMP Score: -17.97

bent

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Member Avatar platinumatt (< 20) Submitted: 8/26/2011 6:49:18 PM : Underperform Start Price: $74.12 CMP Score: +16.23

cause i said so

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Member Avatar firetiger77 (98.51) Submitted: 7/8/2011 6:49:09 PM : Outperform Start Price: $85.54 CMP Score: -17.90

long term fool recs

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Member Avatar jlefebvr9 (97.58) Submitted: 5/17/2011 12:26:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $89.79 CMP Score: -21.89

MF Hidden Gem...

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Member Avatar spud14901 (< 20) Submitted: 3/12/2011 2:39:18 PM : Underperform Start Price: $84.96 CMP Score: +19.47

Road salt use for the year is over.

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Member Avatar TheGarcipian (98.41) Submitted: 2/2/2011 2:41:45 AM : Outperform Start Price: $92.40 CMP Score: -25.91

Salt producer, poised to reap benefits from the Great Winter Blizzard of '11, or so says TMF staffers. I tend to agree with them. The P/E for this stock is a little crazy (at 3.53 as of this writing); too rich for my blood, but decent enough to play here in CAPS. We'll just have to see how their orders pan out in the next 3-6 months.

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Member Avatar Ak66 (68.18) Submitted: 12/23/2010 2:35:56 PM : Outperform Start Price: $86.99 CMP Score: -25.20

hidden gem. salt. Following a Fool

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Member Avatar tekwatchlist (84.26) Submitted: 9/22/2010 3:22:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $71.05 CMP Score: -22.19

Added 5/11/10

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Member Avatar Robayr (< 20) Submitted: 8/27/2010 11:06:49 PM : Outperform Start Price: $69.43 CMP Score: -23.42

Fairly easy business to understand. I've held this stock off and on for a number of years.

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Member Avatar mmacioci (77.24) Submitted: 8/20/2010 4:56:28 PM : Outperform Start Price: $69.43 CMP Score: -23.42

Long term small cap play CMP. Motley Salt

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Member Avatar tekennedy (63.57) Submitted: 8/16/2010 11:54:45 AM : Outperform Start Price: $74.31 CMP Score: -19.62

I like this coompany for some of the same reasons I like the aggregates industry(read pitch VMC- Vulcan Materials): their salt sales have a low cost per ton, meaning there is low risk of substitutes, there is minimal foreign competition and the market tends to be low competition due to geographical constraints(although not to the degree of aggregates). This pick is less dependent on the overall economy as well as the majority of sales are to the highway deicing market which is driven by weather conditions. The consumer segment is also relatively large and is very stable in nature helping stabilize profitablity. The portions of the business geared toward chemicals and specialty plant nutrients is a business of which I am less certain because of significant price fluctuations, but which appears to have the potential for growth in end markets and may gain pricing power due to supply constraints. I believe the current pricing represents a good value for a long term investor and should outperform the S&P over time.

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Member Avatar blesto (24.48) Submitted: 7/14/2010 8:35:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $74.67 CMP Score: -27.13

Salt and fertilizer. Good combo with a decent dividend.

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Member Avatar jenniferemma (47.20) Submitted: 7/1/2010 4:17:23 PM : Outperform Start Price: $71.33 CMP Score: -30.39

Unique niche. Well managed.

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Member Avatar BodhiSun (< 20) Submitted: 6/2/2010 10:04:57 AM : Outperform Start Price: $71.78 CMP Score: -24.92

everybody needs salt... :)

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Member Avatar DoubleUG (< 20) Submitted: 4/13/2010 9:52:23 AM : Outperform Start Price: $75.63 CMP Score: -18.05

Everybody likes salt.

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Member Avatar shgilsdorf (< 20) Submitted: 3/11/2010 10:09:15 PM : Outperform Start Price: $76.49 CMP Score: -22.71

One word- salt- still needed in today's modern world

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Member Avatar Hopel3ss (85.59) Submitted: 3/9/2010 6:17:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $75.73 CMP Score: -23.23

High tech demand for heavy metals should drive stock and help companies outside of China.

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Member Avatar cachalot1 (45.96) Submitted: 3/8/2010 4:01:06 PM : Outperform Start Price: $74.77 CMP Score: -22.61

Why not?

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Member Avatar sheltonclan (57.88) Submitted: 2/18/2010 4:27:07 PM : Outperform Start Price: $71.17 CMP Score: -21.32

Compass will do well because it is geographically, financially, and resourcefully positioned very well. It is diversified into a summer and winter business, it is centrally located for easy shipping to much of the pertinent parts of the nation, and it has a management staff that knows the value of the two above concepts. Yup. This one is a keeper.

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