Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO – Get Free Report) and CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Freightos and CompoSecure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Freightos | -82.31% | -47.17% | -32.99% |
| CompoSecure | -24.53% | -65.50% | 26.83% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Freightos and CompoSecure”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Freightos | $23.78 million | 5.00 | -$22.49 million | ($0.48) | -4.83 |
| CompoSecure | $160.68 million | 15.38 | -$53.72 million | ($2.16) | -9.05 |
Freightos has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freightos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Freightos and CompoSecure, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Freightos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| CompoSecure | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
CompoSecure has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.39%. Given CompoSecure’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Freightos.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
22.7% of Freightos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of Freightos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Freightos has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CompoSecure beats Freightos on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Freightos
Freightos Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight. It operates WebCargo, a platform for connecting carriers and forwarders; and Freightos.com, a platform for connecting service providers to importers/exporters. The company also offers software-as-a-service solutions, such as WebCargo Air for airline rates and ebookings; WebCargo AcceleRate, a multi-modal rate repository; data services; and WebCargo Airline Control Panel that enables airlines to control bookings and optimize pricing with real-time booking analytics. In addition, it provides digital customs brokerage services. The company is based in Jerusalem, Israel.
About CompoSecure
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.
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