Compass Minerals International is a holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Co. is a provider of minerals focused on delivering where and when it matters. Co.'s reportable segments are: Salt, which produces, markets and sells salt (sodium chloride) and magnesium chloride in North America and sodium chloride in the U.K.; and Plant Nutrition, which produces and markets sulfate of potash products in various grades to distributors and retailers of crop inputs, as well as growers and for industrial uses under the trade name Protassium+. We show 49 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of CMP's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of CMP shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like CMP versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching CMP by allowing them to research CMP shares outstanding history
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