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Compass Diversified

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Compass Diversified is specializing in acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, 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, and food service.
TypePublic
Founded2005
HQWestport, USMap
Websitecompassequity.com

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Employees (est.) (Dec 2018)4,770(+25%)
Revenue (FY, 2018)$1.7 B(+34%)
Share Price (Nov 2019)$22.5 (+2%)

Key People/Management at Compass Diversified

Alan B. Offenberg

Alan B. Offenberg

CEO
Ryan J. Faulkingham

Ryan J. Faulkingham

CFO
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Compass Diversified Office Locations

Compass Diversified has offices in Westport and Irvine
Westport, US (HQ)
301 Riverside Ave 2nd Floor
Irvine, US
2010 Main Street #1220
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Compass Diversified Financials and Metrics

Compass Diversified Revenue

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Compass Diversified's revenue was reported to be $1.69 b in FY, 2018
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Revenue (Q3, 2019)

388.3m

Gross profit (Q3, 2019)

136.5m

Gross profit margin (Q3, 2019), %

35.2%

Net income (Q3, 2019)

(27.8m)

EBIT (Q3, 2019)

(1.3m)

Market capitalization (15-Nov-2019)

1.3b

Closing stock price (15-Nov-2019)

22.5

Cash (30-Sep-2019)

285.8m

EV

1.8b
Compass Diversified's current market capitalization is $1.3 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Revenue

777.5m884.7m985.5m982.3m805.4m978.3m1.3b1.7b

Cost of goods sold

524.0m605.9m679.7m688.6m426.3m517.1m822.0m1.1b

Gross profit

253.6m278.9m305.8m293.7m379.1m461.2m447.7m574.2m

Gross profit Margin, %

33%32%31%30%47%47%35%34%
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Revenue

428.1m490.0m232.4m230.0m241.2m241.6m245.8m265.5m246.0m269.1m203.1m257.3m284.7m208.1m208.0m229.4m252.3m290.0m307.4m324.0m360.7m790.5m448.7m402.5m336.1m388.3m

Cost of goods sold

114.2m142.8m155.8m157.1m164.3m165.2m168.4m183.0m169.7m186.5m141.1m157.5m166.8m110.5m112.2m120.6m133.0m160.3m162.2m166.4m234.6m513.7m299.0m266.3m213.5m251.8m

Gross profit

313.9m347.1m76.6m72.9m76.9m76.4m77.4m82.5m76.4m82.5m62.1m99.7m117.9m97.7m95.8m108.8m119.3m129.7m145.2m157.5m126.1m276.8m149.7m136.2m122.6m136.5m

Gross profit Margin, %

73%71%33%32%32%32%31%31%31%31%31%39%41%47%46%47%47%45%47%49%35%35%33%34%36%35%
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Cash

132.4m18.2m113.2m23.7m85.9m39.8m39.9m53.3m

Accounts Receivable

99.4m100.6m111.7m157.5m114.3m181.2m215.1m272.4m

Prepaid Expenses

27.4m21.5m21.2m28.3m22.8m18.9m36.6m

Inventories

101.0m127.3m152.9m111.2m68.4m213.0m246.9m318.9m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Cash

9.2m10.6m22.4m16.0m20.0m16.5m17.8m151.2m86.6m115.3m23.3m20.5m25.4m88.7m72.6m21.2m26.4m115.3m39.3m41.5m46.3m37.5m36.2m39.8m485.9m285.8m

Accounts Receivable

208.2m253.5m120.3m118.4m119.5m119.4m127.3m129.0m129.6m137.2m128.7m153.5m161.0m124.2m127.4m125.3m173.9m172.9m194.8m198.1m256.8m272.7m308.6m263.5m187.3m221.4m

Prepaid Expenses

28.8m32.5m26.4m27.9m20.9m20.5m23.9m19.7m22.6m23.8m21.2m28.2m28.1m24.4m20.6m19.3m22.9m18.2m25.9m27.1m38.5m88.0m85.3m42.0m

Inventories

88.2m109.0m124.6m139.2m135.5m129.2m143.1m144.0m168.6m166.7m95.8m114.2m125.2m74.3m79.0m81.8m232.0m208.3m229.5m242.8m294.7m300.3m328.5m313.9m327.7m332.2m
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018

Net Income

65.0m(3.9m)78.8m291.2m165.8m56.5m33.6m(1.8m)

Depreciation and Amortization

10.2m52.5m46.2m55.7m55.5m85.6m110.1m120.6m

Inventories

5.1m(13.7m)(24.5m)19.6m(3.3m)2.9m(28.2m)(20.9m)

Accounts Payable

26.5m4.3m17.2m(2.2m)(6.4m)25.1m8.7m23.9m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019

Net Income

(596.0k)7.5m(786.0k)(710.0k)2.8m1.6m1.0m83.9m7.4m19.7m282.2m(25.3m)1.3m167.3m(15.0m)4.3m54.6m(21.1m)(23.9m)(15.5m)(1.6m)(1.1m)4.7m110.2m328.3m301.8m

Depreciation and Amortization

4.8m7.3m3.1m6.9m10.8m12.5m24.8m34.7m12.0m24.5m35.9m16.5m32.2m65.0m14.9m29.9m32.7m31.4m46.8m88.7m9.6m20.1m87.9m17.0m27.1m40.6m

Inventories

(11.3m)(146.0k)(5.1m)(26.4m)(22.6m)(2.0m)(15.8m)(16.7m)(7.1m)(5.1m)17.1m(3.0m)(14.0m)(10.8m)(1.2m)(505.0k)440.0k(8.1m)(12.1m)(24.2m)(7.2m)(13.8m)(31.2m)(6.6m)(19.8m)(24.9m)

Accounts Payable

26.0m28.5m1.4m22.5m20.7m18.0m25.0m26.0m(22.0k)(3.1m)(12.7m)(18.5m)991.0k(7.9m)(18.3m)(4.8m)1.3m(20.9m)(2.4m)5.4m14.2m44.8m(21.0m)(8.0m)27.3m
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USDY, 2019

EV/EBIT

-1.4 k x

EV/CFO

57.6 x

Financial Leverage

2 x
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Compass Diversified Revenue Breakdown

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Compass Diversified revenue breakdown by business segment: 16.6% from Clean Earth, 8.3% from Arnold, 24.4% from 5.11, 7.2% from Liberty, 6.2% from Crosman, 6.9% from ACI, 8.1% from Ergobaby, 17.8% from Sterno and 4.4% from Other

Compass Diversified revenue breakdown by geographic segment: 7.1% from Europe , 80.4% from United States and 12.5% from Other

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Compass Diversified News and Updates

October 03, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Declares Third Quarter 2019 Distributions on Common and Series A and B Preferred Shares

WESTPORT, Conn., Oct. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.36 per share on the Compa…
July 31, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

Generates Consolidated Operating Performance In-Line with Management Expectations and Sizeable Distributions to Shareholders
July 03, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Declares Second Quarter 2019 Distributions on Common and Series A and B Preferred Shares

WESTPORT, Conn., July 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.36 per share on the Compa…
July 01, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Closes Sale of Clean Earth

Compass Group Management to Waive Management Fee on Cash Compass Group Management to Waive Management Fee on Cash
June 12, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings to Host Investor and Analyst Event on June 25, 2019

Event Will Include a Presentation by the Company’s 5.11 Tactical® Subsidiary Event Will Include a Presentation by the Company’s 5.11 Tactical® Subsidiary
June 06, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings to Present at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference

WESTPORT, Conn., June 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that Elias Sabo, Chief Executive Officer of CODI, and Ryan Faulkingham, Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to pr…
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Compass Diversified Blogs

August 19, 2019

Larry L. Enterline

Larry L. Enterline Paul.alfano@na… Mon, 08/19/2019 - 12:59 Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Larry L. Enterline Larry L. Enterline has served as a director of the Company since July 2019.  Previousl…
July 29, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Larry L. Enterline; Appoints D. Eugene Ewing as Independent Lead Director

Compass Diversified Holdings Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Larry L. Enterline; Appoints D. Eugene Ewing as Independent Lead Director Content Import Mon, 07/29/2019 - 08:30 Compass Diversified Holdings Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Larry L. Enterline; Appoi…
July 17, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Announces Second Quarter 2019 Earnings and Conference Call Information

WESTPORT, Conn. , July 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that it plans to release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019 , on Wednesday, July 31, 2019
February 21, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Provides Shareholders with 2018 Tax Information

Compass Diversified Holdings Provides Shareholders with 2018 Tax Information Content Import Thu, 02/21/2019 - 16:22 Compass Diversified Holdings Provides Shareholders with 2018 Tax Information 02/21/19 This release is a backfill from a News Wire …
February 20, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Announces Sale of Manitoba Harvest to Tilray

Transaction Expected to Result in Sizable Gain on Sale Compass to Reduce Debt and Strengthen Balance Sheet WESTPORT, Conn. , Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that it
February 13, 2019

Compass Diversified Holdings Announces Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings and Conference Call Information

WESTPORT, Conn. , Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), an owner of leading middle market businesses, announced today that it plans to release financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018 , on Wednesday, February

 Compass Diversified Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Compass Diversified founded?

    Compass Diversified was founded in 2005.

  • Who are Compass Diversified key executives?

    Compass Diversified's key executives are Alan B. Offenberg and Ryan J. Faulkingham.

  • How many employees does Compass Diversified have?

    Compass Diversified has 4,770 employees.

  • What is Compass Diversified revenue?

    Latest Compass Diversified annual revenue is $1.7 b.

  • What is Compass Diversified revenue per employee?

    Latest Compass Diversified revenue per employee is $354.6 k.

  • Who are Compass Diversified competitors?

    Competitors of Compass Diversified include Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, EFG International and Natixis.

  • Where is Compass Diversified headquarters?

    Compass Diversified headquarters is located at 301 Riverside Ave 2nd Floor, Westport.

  • Where are Compass Diversified offices?

    Compass Diversified has offices in Westport and Irvine.

  • How many offices does Compass Diversified have?

    Compass Diversified has 2 offices.