5. Compass Minerals International
Ticker: CMP
Market cap: $3 billion
YTD returns: 3%

Compass Minerals (CMP) is known as the leading provider of highway de-icing salts, but it's the company's fertilizer business that is likely to provide the most growth in upcoming quarters.

"Compass Minerals already has a monopoly on the road salt business in the Midwest, but they also have a potash business which should grow since farmers are trying to improve their crop yields," said Don Easley, portfolio manager of the T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-cap Growth Fund (PRDMX).

And since it's only trading at about 14 times earnings forecasts for 2012, Easley says the stock is a bargain considering Compass Minerals' prospects for high returns.


Last updated May 20 2011: 5:01 PM ET
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