Contrasting Commerce.com (CMRC) and Its Peers

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 related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock 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 stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	1	2.29
Commerce.com Competitors	86	189	208	11	2.29

Commerce.com currently has a consensus target price of $8.30, indicating a potential upside of 104.94%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 73.06%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its competitors.

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	-25.31
Commerce.com Competitors	$279.76 million	-$61.83 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.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% 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, 16.2% 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.