COMPASS MINERALS INTL INC CMP
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 20451N101
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryMining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- HeadquartersOverland Park, KS
- Founded2001
- Websitecompassminerals.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.8k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 41.7m as of 2025-08-07, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $19.08. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($8.0m notional), 5 hold puts ($2.0m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 274 |
| Q4 2022 | 275 |
| Q1 2023 | 263 |
| Q2 2023 | 251 |
| Q3 2023 | 248 |
| Q4 2023 | 236 |
| Q1 2024 | 225 |
| Q2 2024 | 215 |
| Q3 2024 | 220 |
| Q4 2024 | 219 |
| Q1 2025 | 209 |
| Q2 2025 | 213 |
| Q3 2025 | 200 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 98 | 132 |
| Q1 2024 | 122 | 126 |
| Q2 2024 | 107 | 116 |
| Q3 2024 | 119 | 101 |
| Q4 2024 | 89 | 114 |
| Q1 2025 | 85 | 110 |
| Q2 2025 | 100 | 104 |
| Q3 2025 | 82 | 105 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $5.6m | $17.6m | 3.12 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.8m | $3.6m | 1.31 |
| Q2 2025 | $11.8m | $5.2m | 0.44 |
| Q3 2025 | $8.0m | $2.0m | 0.25 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +413.2k |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. | Added | +388.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +355.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +331.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +320.8k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | New | +290.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +262.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +203.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +136.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +127.2k |
Biggest sellers
| SailingStone Capital Partners LLC | Reduced | -459.1k |
| Newtyn Management, LLC | Reduced | -413.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -261.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -181.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -179.4k |
| Trexquant Investment LP | Sold out | -174.5k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Sold out | -163.9k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Sold out | -153.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -131.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -122.2k |
Biggest calls
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | $3.4m178.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.0m103.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.0m54.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $864.0k45.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $261.1k13.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $224.6k11.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $193.3k10.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $5.0k300 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.1m58.1k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Unchanged | $510.7k26.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $247.7k12.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $80.0k4.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $9.6k500 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution -2.1 pts · filed 2026-04-27 | 6.1% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution +0.6 pts · filed 2026-05-12 | 5.5% |
| M Partners Fund LP 13G · passive new · filed 2025-11-18 | 5.5% |
| AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-14 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | $106.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $48.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2025.
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Koch, Inc. 17.85% of their portfolio | 7.0m $135.1m | Unchanged |
| SailingStone Capital Partners LLC 25.67% of their portfolio | 5.1m $98.0m | Reduced -459.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.2m $80.0m | Reduced -50.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $53.3m | Added +355.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3m $44.3m | Added +262.5k |
| Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. 12.41% of their portfolio | 1.7m $29.0m | Added +388.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $23.7m | Added +320.8k |
| Newtyn Management, LLC 2.03% of their portfolio | 863.4k $16.6m | Reduced -413.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 806.8k $15.5m | Added +1.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 729.6k $14.0m | Added +75.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 678.7k $13.0m | Added +98.4k |
| O'Keefe Stevens Advisory, Inc. 2.96% of their portfolio | 570.0k $10.9m | Added +24.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 534.4k $10.3m | Reduced -72.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 522.1k $10.0m | Added +413.2k |
| Lightrock Netherlands B.V. 2.20% of their portfolio | 513.9k $8.4m | Reduced -6.5k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 382.1k $7.3m | Added +124.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 371.7k $7.1m | Added +203.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 348.2k $6.7m | Reduced -17.0k |
| LEE DANNER & BASS INC 0.47% of their portfolio | 340.0k $6.5m | Unchanged |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 335.1k $6.4m | Added +331.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 328.0k $6.3m | Added +136.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 314.1k $6.0m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 290.2k $5.6m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 285.9k $5.5m | Added +887 |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 272.7k $5.2m | Added +3.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.2k $4.2m | Added +15.4k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.9k $4.1m | Added +44.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 166.2k $3.2m | Reduced -131.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.5k $2.9m | Added +550 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.6k $2.7m | Added +127.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 128.4k $2.5m | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.6k $2.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.6k $2.4m | Added +9.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.2k $2.2m | Reduced -1.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.9k $2.1m | Reduced -261.7k |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.6k $2.1m | Added +31.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.5k $2.0m | Added +11.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.6k $1.9m | Reduced -80.3k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 97.5k $1.9m | Reduced -45.8k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 94.5k $1.8m | Added +18.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.9k $1.7m | Reduced -57.6k |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 83.0k $1.7m | Reduced -120 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.0k $1.5m | Added +58.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.1k $1.4m | Reduced -122.2k |
| Cove Street Capital, LLC 1.79% of their portfolio | 71.4k $1.4m | Reduced -110 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.5k $1.3m | Added +1.2k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.9k $1.2m | Added +183 |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 63.7k $1.2m | Added +49.8k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 62.2k $1.2m | Added +541 |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.7k $1.2m | Added +6.0k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 59.6k $1.1m | Reduced -799 |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.4k $1.1m | Reduced -5.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.6k $1.1m | Reduced -32.2k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.4k $1.1m | Reduced -5.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.8k $1.1m | Reduced -268 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.1k $1.1m | Added +41.0k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.3k $1.0m | Added +9.9k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.1k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.7k $1.0m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.7k $1.0m | Reduced -764 |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.4k $966.9k | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.4k $891.0k | Added +1.3k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $884.2k | Reduced -95.4k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.2k $847.9k | Reduced -20.4k |
| HUSSMAN STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. 0.17% of their portfolio | 42.0k $806.4k | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.9k $804.9k | Added +31.4k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.1k $788.7k | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.3k $773.9k | Added +27.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.5k $757.8k | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.7k $724.5k | Reduced -1.9k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.8k $707.0k | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.6k $702.5k | Added +21.9k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.4k $699.7k | Reduced -19.2k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 36.2k $695.5k | Added +13.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.4k $622.5k | Reduced -347 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.9k $612.4k | Reduced -13.6k |
| ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.1k $577.3k | Reduced -217 |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.5k $566.4k | Unchanged |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 29.3k $561.7k | Reduced -238 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 29.1k $557.8k | Reduced -27.1k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 29.0k $557.3k | Added +17.4k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.7k $551.6k | Reduced -1.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.1k $501.9k | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.6k $490.6k | Added +3.5k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.9k $477.4k | Reduced -539 |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 23.7k $455.3k | Added +4.3k |
| OP Asset Management Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.6k $434.1k | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.0k $422.0k | New |
| MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.4k $410.4k | Reduced -1.4k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.7k $399.5k | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $396.5k | Reduced -34 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $394.1k | Unchanged |
| Krilogy Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.3k $347.4k | Added +3.1k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.5k $374.4k | Added +4.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.2k $369.6k | Reduced -821 |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.2k $368.4k | Added +310 |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.6k $338.2k | Added +17.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.2k $330.5k | Reduced -54.8k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.6k $318.5k | Reduced -3.3k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.5k $316.8k | Reduced -181.7k |