Contrasting Commerce.com (CMRC) and The Competition

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 44 public companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Commerce.com to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-21.19
Commerce.com Competitors	$275.17 million	-$64.10 million	-9.29

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations 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	3	1	2	1	2.14
Commerce.com Competitors	89	194	213	11	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus price target of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 115.34%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 101.13%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, 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	-51.08%	-912.69%	-63.05%

Volatility and Risk

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 peers have a beta of 0.80, meaning that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.