Health score, price, valuation, risk signals, and key metrics at a glance.
Compass Diversified is a private equity firm specializing in add on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late stage, and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in leading industrial or branded consumer companies, textiles, Apparel and Luxury goods, trading companies and distributors, manufacturing, distribution, consumer discretionary, commercial services and supplies, consumer products, capital good, Leisure Product, consumer service, consumer staples, household durables, business services sector, infrastructure healthcare, safety & security, electronic components, food, and foodservice. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $80 million to$800 million and EBITDA starting from $10 million per annum. It seeks to acquire controlling ownership interests in its portfolio companies and can make additional platform acquisitions. The firm prefer to have controlled and majority stake in companies. The firm invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments between five to seven years. Compass Diversified was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Westport, Connecticut with an additional office in Costa Mesa, California.
Strongest: Cash & Earnings Quality (11/25); weakest: Growth (5/25).
Today's multiple positioned against its own trailing range — a visual premium/discount check.
Currently above its 13-quarter median.
Currently below its 19-quarter median.
Data-driven signals worth keeping an eye on across the last 8 quarters
Operating margins dropped 23.3% over recent quarters — a sharp decline suggesting serious cost or pricing challenges.
Free cash flow has been negative in 4 of the last 8 quarters — earnings are not translating to cash.
as of June 2026
Revenue, EBITDA, operating income, net income, EPS, and shares
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P/E, P/S, P/B, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield, and earnings yield
Total assets, cash, debt, book value, and leverage
Operating cash flow, free cash flow, FCF margin, and earnings quality
Currently above its 19-quarter median.
D/E ratio is 3.3 — heavily leveraged and vulnerable to rising rates or cash flow dips.
TTM revenue has contracted 11.8% — significant decline indicating deteriorating demand.
The last 4 consecutive quarters had negative FCF — the company is burning cash and may need external funding.