Contrasting Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) & CCC Intelligent Solutions (NASDAQ:CCCS)

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) and CCC Intelligent Solutions (NASDAQ:CCCS) are both services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Commerce.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Commerce.com and CCC Intelligent Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	2	2	2	1	2.29
CCC Intelligent Solutions	1	0	0	0	1.00

Commerce.com currently has a consensus target price of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 94.38%. Given Commerce.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than CCC Intelligent Solutions.

Profitability

This table compares Commerce.com and CCC Intelligent Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commerce.com	-3.93%	-6.66%	-0.82%
CCC Intelligent Solutions	-0.28%	3.76%	2.29%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Commerce.com and CCC Intelligent Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	1.04	-$27.03 million	($0.16)	-26.69
CCC Intelligent Solutions	$996.96 million	5.42	$26.15 million	N/A	N/A

CCC Intelligent Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce.com.

Summary

CCC Intelligent Solutions beats Commerce.com on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Commerce.com

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. operates a software-as-a-service platform for small businesses, mid-markets, and large enterprises in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company’s platform provides various services for launching and scaling e-commerce operation, including store design, catalog management, hosting, checkout, order management, reporting, and pre-integrations. As of December 31, 2021, it served approximately 60,000 online stores across industries. BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About CCC Intelligent Solutions

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. provides cloud, mobile, AI, telematics, hyperscale technologies, and applications for the property and casualty insurance economy. It SaaS platform digitizes mission-critical AI-enabled workflows, facilitates commerce, and connects businesses across the insurance economy, including insurance carriers, collision repairers, parts suppliers, automotive manufactures, financial institution, and others. The company offers CCC Insurance solutions, including CCC workflow, CCC estimating, CCC total loss, CCC AI and analytics, and CCC casualty; CCC Repair solutions, such as CCC network management, CCC repair workflow, and CCC repair quality; CCC Other Ecosystem solutions, comprising CCC parts solutions, CCC automotive manufacturer solutions, CCC lender solutions, and CCC payments; and CCC International solutions. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.