How to buy Compass Diversified stock

Compass Diversified is a conglomerates business based in the US. Compass Diversified shares (CODI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Compass Diversified employs 4,362 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Compass Diversified share price

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Compass Diversified shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-29.

52-week range	$13.58 - $25.38
50-day moving average	$24.14
200-day moving average	$21.35
Wall St. target price	$26.00
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	$1.44 (5.71%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.36

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Is Compass Diversified under- or over-valued?

Valuing Compass Diversified stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Compass Diversified's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Compass Diversified's PEG ratio

Compass Diversified's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.62. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Compass Diversified's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Compass Diversified's EBITDA

Compass Diversified's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $210.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Compass Diversified's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Compass Diversified financials

Revenue TTM	$1.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.9%
Gross profit TTM	$568.7 million
Return on assets TTM	3%
Return on equity TTM	2.27%
Profit margin	1.46%
Book value	$12.27
Market capitalisation	$1.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Compass Diversified shares

There are currently 314,566 Compass Diversified shares held short by investors – that's known as Compass Diversified's "short interest". This figure is 122.2% up from 141,551 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Compass Diversified shares can be evaluated.

Compass Diversified's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Compass Diversified's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Compass Diversified shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Compass Diversified shares traded daily (recently around 164694.2408377). Compass Diversified's SIR currently stands at 1.91. In other words for every 100,000 Compass Diversified shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1910 shares are currently held short.

However Compass Diversified's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Compass Diversified shares, or, against the total number of tradable Compass Diversified shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Compass Diversified's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Compass Diversified shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0057% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Compass Diversified shares, roughly 6 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Compass Diversified.

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Compass Diversified share dividends

We're not expecting Compass Diversified to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Compass Diversified share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Compass Diversified's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.5798 up to $25.38. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Compass Diversified's is 1.7689. This would suggest that Compass Diversified's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Compass Diversified overview

Compass Diversified is a private equity firm specializing in add on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late stage and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in niche industrial or branded consumer companies, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, business services sector, safety & security, electronic components, food, foodservice. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $100 million and $800 million in companies with an EBITDA between $15 million to $80 million. It seeks to acquire controlling ownership interests in its portfolio companies and can make additional platform acquisitions. The firm prefer to have majority stake in companies. The firm invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments between five to seven years.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Compass Diversified is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 15.596% of Compass Diversified shares are held by insiders and 32.739% by institutions.

• How many people work for Compass Diversified?

  Latest data suggests 4,362 work at Compass Diversified.

• When does the fiscal year end for Compass Diversified?

  Compass Diversified's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Compass Diversified based?

  Compass Diversified's address is: 301 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT, United States, 06880

• What is Compass Diversified's ISIN number?

  Compass Diversified's international securities identification number is: US20451Q1040

• What is Compass Diversified's CUSIP number?

  Compass Diversified's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 20449X203