Comparing Commerce.com (CMRC) & Its Competitors

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% 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, 17.9% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$339.86 million	-$27.03 million	-20.44
Commerce.com Competitors	$272.35 million	-$60.53 million	-9.14

Commerce.com has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Commerce.com and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	3	2	2	0	1.86
Commerce.com Competitors	93	195	216	11	2.28

Commerce.com currently has a consensus target price of $7.30, indicating a potential upside of 123.24%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 74.80%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Commerce.com and its rivals’ 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%

Risk & Volatility

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s rivals have a beta of 0.80, indicating that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its rivals on 8 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.