Why Compass Stock Was Moving Higher This Week

Shares of Compass (COMP -8.18%), the nation's largest real estate brokerage, were climbing this week after the company delivered better-than-expected results in its fourth-quarter earnings report and gained market share in a challenging real estate environment.While the company is still losing money on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, it did report a profit on adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), and its market-share gains bode well for t ...