CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO – Get Free Report) and Visa (NYSE:V – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares CompoSecure and Visa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CompoSecure | -24.53% | -65.50% | 26.83% |
| Visa | 50.23% | 62.09% | 23.80% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for CompoSecure and Visa, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CompoSecure | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Visa | 0 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 3.06 |
Volatility & Risk
CompoSecure has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Visa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CompoSecure and Visa”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CompoSecure | $160.68 million | 18.54 | -$53.72 million | ($2.16) | -10.91 |
| Visa | $40.00 billion | 14.66 | $20.06 billion | $10.66 | 30.20 |
Visa has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Visa beats CompoSecure on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CompoSecure
CompoSecure, Inc. manufactures and designs metal, composite, and proprietary financial transaction cards in the United States and internationally. Its primary metal form factors include embedded, metal veneer lite, metal veneer, and full metal products. The company also offers Arculus Cold Storage Wallet, a three-factor authentication solution, which supports specific digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, non-fungible tokens and others. In addition, it offers Payments + Arculus Secure Authenticate, white-labeled cold storage wallet, Payments + Arculus Cold Storage, and Payments + Arculus Authentication + Arculus Cold Storage. The company serves financial institutions, plastic card manufacturers, system integrators, and security specialists. CompoSecure, Inc. was founded in 1910 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.
About Visa
Visa Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates VisaNet, a transaction processing network that enables authorization, clearing, and settlement of payment transactions. It also offers credit, debit, and prepaid card products; tap to pay, tokenization, and click to pay services; Visa Direct, a solution that facilitates the delivery of funds to eligible cards, deposit accounts, and digital wallets; Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral business-to-business cross-border payments network; Visa Cross-Border Solution, a cross-border consumer payments solution; and Visa DPS that provides a range of value-added services, including fraud mitigation, dispute management, data analytics, campaign management, a suite of digital solutions, and contact center services. The company also provides acceptance solutions, which include Cybersource that provides modular and value-added services for connecting merchants to payment processing; risk and identity solutions, such as Visa Advanced Authorization, Visa Secure, Visa Risk and Decision Manager, Visa Consumer Authentication Service, and payment-decisioning solutions for fraud prevention; and Visa Consulting and Analytics, a payment consulting advisory services. It provides its services under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY, and PLUS brand names. The company serves merchants, financial institutions, and government entities. Visa Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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