Compass Minerals International price to free cash flow CMP

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 11.5×
9-year median: 29.3×
Against its 9-year history: 20th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 5.7× to 137×
Peer median: 27.9×

Compass Minerals International's price to free cash flow is 11.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 9-year median of 29.3×, lower than on 80% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.7× in Dec 2025 to 137× in May 2022.

The median for 9 construction Materials stocks of a similar size is 27.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 29.3×

The dashed line is the 9-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	11.5×	6.5×	14.7×
2025	6.6×	5.7×	10.2×
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	74.3×	36.9×	81.4×
2022	70.7×	26.4×	137×
2021	31.3×	11.8×	36.0×
2020	12.5×	8.9×	104×
2019	101×	17.5×	111×
2018	17.3×	17.0×	69.8×
2017	33.8×	30.2×	134×
2016	191×	191×	207×
2015	208×	25.3×	234×
2014	28.6×	19.1×	61.9×
2013	58.6×	27.2×	130×
2012	56.7×	15.8×	134×
2011	125×	14.2×	143×

Against its peers

Companies in Construction Materials nearest Compass Minerals International's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
CMPCompass Minerals International	11.5×
APOGApogee Enterprises	9.6×
TGLSTecnoglass	n/m
IPIIntrepid Potash	13.5×
LEUCentrus Energy	n/m
KNFKnife River	70.0×
USLMUnited States Lime & Minerals	34.9×
SNDSmart Sand	5.8×
EXPEagle Materials	31.4×
SMIDSmith Midland	27.9×
Peer median	27.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.