Stocks · Industrials · Conglomerates
Compass Diversified CODI
$10.93 -0.73% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $822.3M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to 4.6% from 14.8% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 7.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 132 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 38%
- Gross marginTop 19%
- Operating marginBottom 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 11%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 7%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 11%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.2% | -13.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 43.8% | 44.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 4.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -7.1% | 4.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -13.2% | -8.2% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 43.8% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 14.8% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Net margin | -5.4% | -2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.4% | -7.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | — | Bottom 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.2% | — | Bottom 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.84×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.36%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $18.00
- Target vs current price
- +64.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 53%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -197.8% | +0.7% | +15.5% | +6.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +308.7% | -0.1% | +2.9% | -8.1% | -13.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +757.1% | +1.8% | -13.5% | -22.3% | +42.5% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | -260.3% | +3.1% | +2.7% | +27.3% | +87.2% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -244.3% | -6.3% | -16.4% | -11.6% | +10.1% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | -209.3% | +0.5% | -4.0% | -7.3% | -24.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +10.3% | -1.7% | -0.8% | -6.2% | -64.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +18.5% | -1.2% | +2.1% | +13.0% | +2.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.09 | $0.09 | -197.8% | $424.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.12 | -$0.06 | +308.7% | $426.9M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.07 | +757.1% | $468.6M |
| Jan 14, 2026 | -$0.98 | $0.61 | -260.3% | $472.6M |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -$0.88 | $0.61 | -244.3% | $478.7M |
| Aug 27, 2025 | -$0.59 | $0.54 | -209.3% | $453.8M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.62 | $0.56 | +10.3% | $620.3M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.64 | $0.54 | +18.5% | $582.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 303.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.7× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 1.39× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.68% | — | — | Top 11% |
| Earnings yield | -18.94% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.5× – 267.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 132
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.6%
- RSI (14)
- 42.8
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.60
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -81.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2021 | Jan 2, 2026 | -85.8% | 1018 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.2% | 14 days | 25 days (Dec 3, 2020) |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 24, 2021 | -12.2% | 14 days | 36 days (Nov 15, 2021) |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | -10.6% | 12 days | 9 days (Jan 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $822.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.79B
- 52-week range
- $4.58 – $13.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.72B | $1.76B | $1.69B | $1.79B | $1.87B |
| Gross profit | $661.6M | $649.4M | $674.7M | $750.4M | $721.2M |
| Operating income | $123.1M | $44.4M | -$69.4M | -$14.9M | $42.6M |
| Net income | $114.6M | -$59.2M | $108.6M | -$208.9M | -$229.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.74 | -$0.19 | $2.46 | -$3.94 | -$3.05 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $582.6M | $548.7M | $453.8M | $478.7M | $472.6M | $468.6M | $426.9M | $424.0M |
| Net income | $22.1M | $11.9M | -$30.0M | -$51.2M | -$74.0M | -$71.2M | -$30.8M | $79.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.08 | $0.32 | -$0.59 | -$0.88 | -$1.21 | -$1.10 | -$0.62 | $0.86 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $134.1M | -$46.6M | $78.1M | -$67.6M | -$6.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$39.9M | -$60.2M | -$55.8M | -$56.7M | -$44.3M |
| Free cash flow | $94.2M | -$106.8M | $22.3M | -$124.3M | -$51.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$150.9M | -$70.8M | -$72.0M | -$124.4M | -$37.6M |
| Net share buybacks | $114.6M | $83.9M | $64.9M | -$1.9M | $58.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $87.4M
- Total assets
- $2.75B
- Total liabilities
- $2.15B
- Total debt
- $1.75B
- Net debt
- $1.66B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $472.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.25 | Apr 24, 2025 |
| Jan 16, 2025 | $0.25 | Jan 23, 2025 |
| Oct 17, 2024 | $0.25 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Jul 18, 2024 | $0.25 | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Apr 17, 2024 | $0.25 | Apr 25, 2024 |
| Jan 17, 2024 | $0.25 | Jan 25, 2024 |
| Oct 18, 2023 | $0.25 | Oct 26, 2023 |
| Jul 19, 2023 | $0.25 | Jul 27, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,785,140
- Days to cover
- 7.75
- Change vs previous report
- -6.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.