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#earnings-results

Compass Minerals reported a loss of $0.17 per share for Q4, beating the consensus estimate of a $0.23 loss by 25.7%. Revenue came in at $227.5 million, topping the $225.7 million estimate by 0.78%. More importantly, the quarter showed meaningful improvement versus the prior year. Net losses narrowed to $17.0 million from $48.3 million in Q4 FY2024, a 64.8% improvement. Revenue climbed 8.9% year over year from $208.8 million.

Make no mistake, Nvidia delivered a fantastic number, but let's not kid ourselves: expectations were heightened going into the quarter. Though Nvidia's figures signal that the ongoing AI revolution is still alive and well, the latest round of results lacked the awe factor that may now be needed to move the needle higher on a $4.25 trillion firm that the retail sector has been buying up aggressively in recent years.

"BP is much less interested in telling the public about the number of coffees it sells each year and is now focused on how much oil it can extract," Brooks said, poking at former CEO Bernard Looney.