Commerce.com (CMRC) vs. Its Rivals Financial Contrast

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Commerce.com to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Commerce.com and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-23.50
Commerce.com Competitors	$284.81 million	-$61.83 million	-8.93

Commerce.com has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s peers have a beta of 0.77, meaning that their average stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Commerce.com and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	2	2	2	1	2.29
Commerce.com Competitors	87	194	212	11	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus price target of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 110.11%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 97.60%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Commerce.com and its peers’ 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%
Commerce.com Competitors	-53.73%	-1,002.64%	-68.20%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Commerce.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its peers on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.