OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) _ Compass Minerals International Inc. (CMP) on Monday reported a second-quarter loss of $6.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Overland Park, Kansas-based company said it had a loss of 19 cents.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 7 cents per share.
The minerals producer posted revenue of $228 million in the period.
Compass expects full-year earnings to be $3 to $3.50 per share.
Compass shares have decreased 13 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $67.80, a decline of slightly more than 3 percent in the last 12 months.
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