Critical Comparison: Commerce.com (CMRC) & Its Peers

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

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%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-26.81
Commerce.com Competitors	$261.30 million	-$40.93 million	-9.02

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Commerce.com and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	2	2	2	0	2.00
Commerce.com Competitors	84	185	205	9	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus price target of $8.30, indicating a potential upside of 93.47%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 74.69%. Given Commerce.com’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s competitors have a beta of 0.77, suggesting 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, 57.1% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its competitors on 8 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.