Compass (NYSE:COMP) Cut to Strong Sell at Zacks Research

Zacks Research downgraded shares of Compass (NYSE:COMP) from a hold rating to a strong sell rating in a research note published on Tuesday morning,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on COMP. Barclays set a $8.00 price objective on shares of Compass and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Compass in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Compass from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Compass from $8.00 to $7.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 7th. Finally, BTIG Research increased their price objective on shares of Compass from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Compass has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $9.67.

Compass Stock Performance

Shares of COMP stock opened at $7.68 on Tuesday. Compass has a 52-week low of $5.10 and a 52-week high of $10.25. The stock has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -76.74 and a beta of 2.57. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $8.41 and a 200-day moving average of $7.43.

Compass (NYSE:COMP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07. The company had revenue of $2.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.08 billion. Compass had a negative net margin of 0.85% and a negative return on equity of 9.70%. Compass has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Compass will post 0.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, General Counsel Bradley K. Serwin sold 13,065 shares of Compass stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.50, for a total transaction of $124,117.50. Following the transaction, the general counsel owned 252,221 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,396,099.50. This trade represents a 4.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 4.08% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Compass Company Profile

Compass, Inc provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports.