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Actuant Corp (ATU) Arbor Realty Trust Inc (ABR) Barnes Group Inc (B) Capital Bank Corp (CBKN) Capital Trust Inc (CT) Ceradyne Inc (CRDN) China Precision Steel Inc (CPSL) China Security & Surveillance Tech. Inc (CSR) Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Conseco Inc (CNO) CRM Holdings Ltd (CRMH) Cutera Inc (CUTR) Dime Community Bancshares Inc (DCOM) Dover Saddlery Inc (DOVR) Duff & Phelps Corp (DUF) FalconStor Software Inc (FALC) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) First M & F Corp (FMFC) The Hain Celestial Group Inc (HAIN) Horizon Financial Corp (HRZB) InterNAP Network Services (INAP) K-Sea Transportation Partners LP (KSP) Marine Products Corp (MPX) Mercantile Bank Corp (MBWM) Mitsui & Co Ltd (MITSY) ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Accuride Corp (AURD) Acuity Brands Inc (AYI) Arbor Realty Trust Inc (ABR) BancTrust Financial Group Inc (BTFG) BRT Realty Trust (BRT) Cadence Financial Corp (CADE) Capital Trust Inc (CT) Community Bancorp (CBON) Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Cutera Inc (CUTR) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Cynosure Inc (CYNO) Encore Wire Corporation (WIRE) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) Erie Indemnity Co (ERIE) Fairpoint Communications Inc (FRP) FalconStor Software Inc (FALC) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) First Advantage Corp (FADV) First M & F Corp (FMFC) First Security Group Inc (FSGI) Fuel Tech Inc (FTEK) Gray Television Inc (GTN) Horizon Financial Corp (HRZB) InterNAP Network Services (INAP) INX Inc (INXI) K-Sea Transportation Partners ...

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Acuity Brands Inc (AYI) Apogee Enterprises Inc (APOG) Arbor Realty Trust Inc (ABR) BRT Realty Trust (BRT) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Capital Bank Corp (CBKN) Capital Trust Inc (CT) Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Cybex International Inc (CYBI) Cynosure Inc (CYNO) Dayton Superior Corp (DSUPQ) Domtar Corp (UFS) Encore Wire Corp (WIRE) Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC) Erie Indemnity Co (ERIE) FARO Technologies Inc (FARO) First Advantage Corp (FADV) First M & F Corp (FMFC) First Merchants Corp (FRME) First Security Group Inc (FSGI) Gran Tierra Energy Inc (GTE) Horizon Financial Corp (HRZB) Innophos Holdings Inc (IPHS) KVH Industries Inc (KVHI) Marine Products Corp (MPX) MB Financial Inc (MBFI) ...

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Albemarle Corp (ALB) AptarGroup Inc (ATR) Arch Coal Inc (ACI) Cape Bancorp Inc (CBNJ) Care Investment Trust Inc (CRE) Century Casinos Inc (CNTY) Ceradyne Inc (CRDN) China Sunergy Co Ltd (CSUN) CoBiz Financial Inc (COBZ) Coleman Cable Inc (CCIX) Community Bancorp (CBON) Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP) Courier Corp (CRRC) CryptoLogic Ltd (CRYP) Dover Corp (DOV) El Paso Electric Co (EE) Flamel Technologies SA (FLML) HLTH Corp (HLTH) Huntsman Corp (HUN) International Game Technology (IGT) INX Inc (INXI) Mercer International Inc (MERC) Mettler-Toledo International Inc (MTD) Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) Portfolio Recovery Associates Inc (PRAA) Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) Rockwood Holdings Inc (ROC) STAAR Surgical Co (...

Compass Minerals International Inc. (CMP) fell 2% today, to trade close to its 200-day moving average of $62.12. Compass Minerals is a Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) stock.

"CMP" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Compass Minerals International Inc. (CMP) has just posted historic earnings. Earnings per share rose sharply on increased sales volume and the company is expanding into a growing market.

Company Description

Compass Minerals is the largest producer of rock, or highway deicing, salt in North America and the United Kingdom and operates the largest highway deicing salt mines in these regions.

The company is also the third largest producer of general trade salt in North America and the second largest in the United Kingdom, serving major retailers, agricultural cooperatives and food producers.

In addition, Compass is the largest producer of sulfate of potash in North America, which is used in the production of specialty fertilizers.

Historic Quarter

Compass Minerals announced the best quarterly performance in company history on Oct 28. Earnings per share more than quadrupled coming in at 87 cents, up from

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Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP) shot up by more than 13% on Friday morning after it was upgraded by an analyst a day earlier. The stock later stabilized around $48.40, with a gain of 6.10%. The stock was upgraded as it is a safe investment opportunity in the volatile market with promise of a solid value and is available at a cheap price.Analysts have revised the company’s expected earnings per share for the current year over the last three months by 24 cents to $4.22. "CMP" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMP) recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.335 per share. Compass noted that the dividend is payable on September 15, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 29, 2008.

In late July, the Zacks Rank #1 (“strong buy”) company announced results for the second quarter. Sales were up 27% at $162.0 million from $127.5 million in the prior-year quarter thanks to significant improvement in CMP’s specialty fertilizer segment and solid salt segment gains.

Second-quarter earnings per share of 14 cents, reversed the year-prior loss of 10 cents per share.

Cash flow from operations increased by 11% year-over-year, bringing year-to-date cash flow from operations to $178.3 million through June 30, 2008, compared to $110.0 million in the prior-year period.

“Compass Minerals posted record second-quarter revenue and cash flow and generated a second-quarter profit for the first time in the company’s history. This

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