Analyzing Commerce.com (CMRC) & Its Peers

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 48 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Commerce.com to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Commerce.com and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	3	2	2	0	1.86
Commerce.com Competitors	98	197	217	12	2.27

Commerce.com presently has a consensus price target of $7.30, indicating a potential upside of 133.97%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 93.09%. Given Commerce.com’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% 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, 20.5% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

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 peers have a beta of 0.61, suggesting that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-19.50
Commerce.com Competitors	$222.38 million	-$52.83 million	-7.80

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.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its peers on 8 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.