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

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 44 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 companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

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	-51.08%	-912.69%	-63.05%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices 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	1	2.29
Commerce.com Competitors	88	194	212	11	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus price target of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 111.80%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 99.53%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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 0.80, suggesting that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Commerce.com and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-23.31
Commerce.com Competitors	$274.79 million	-$64.10 million	-9.52

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Commerce.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned 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.

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.