CompoSecure (CMPO) & Its Rivals Head to Head Comparison

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) is one of 436 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare CompoSecure to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure’s rivals have a beta of 4.69, indicating that their average stock price is 369% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CompoSecure and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0	0	5	0	3.00
CompoSecure Competitors	4194	14688	18187	804	2.41

CompoSecure currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 132.56%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 29.11%. Given CompoSecure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CompoSecure and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompoSecure	$160.68 million	-$53.72 million	-5.18
CompoSecure Competitors	$4.80 billion	$363.05 million	3.74

CompoSecure’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares CompoSecure and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-24.53%	-65.50%	26.83%
CompoSecure Competitors	-1,044.45%	-15.01%	0.54%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CompoSecure rivals beat CompoSecure on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

CompoSecure Company Profile

CompoSecure, Inc. manufactures and designs metal, composite, and proprietary financial transaction cards in the United States and internationally. Its primary metal form factors include embedded, metal veneer lite, metal veneer, and full metal products. The company also offers Arculus Cold Storage Wallet, a three-factor authentication solution, which supports specific digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, non-fungible tokens and others. In addition, it offers Payments + Arculus Secure Authenticate, white-labeled cold storage wallet, Payments + Arculus Cold Storage, and Payments + Arculus Authentication + Arculus Cold Storage. The company serves financial institutions, plastic card manufacturers, system integrators, and security specialists. CompoSecure, Inc. was founded in 1910 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.