Head-To-Head Contrast: Commerce.com (CMRC) and Its Competitors

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 competitors? We will compare Commerce.com to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Commerce.com and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$339.86 million	-$27.03 million	-25.31
Commerce.com Competitors	$259.23 million	-$40.93 million	-7.26

Commerce.com has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, 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 share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s competitors have a beta of 0.77, meaning that their average share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Commerce.com and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	2	2	2	1	2.29
Commerce.com Competitors	86	189	208	11	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus price target of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 104.94%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 74.80%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Commerce.com and its competitors’ 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%

Summary

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

Commerce.com Company Profile

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.