Head-To-Head Contrast: CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) & Worldline (OTCMKTS:WWLNF)

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and Worldline (OTCMKTS:WWLNF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CompoSecure and Worldline”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	9.45	-$53.72 million	($2.16)	-5.56
Worldline	$4.56 billion	0.02	-$5.83 billion	N/A	N/A

CompoSecure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Worldline.

Profitability

This table compares CompoSecure and Worldline’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%
Worldline	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worldline has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for CompoSecure and Worldline, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0	0	6	0	3.00
Worldline	1	1	0	0	1.50

CompoSecure presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 112.32%. Given CompoSecure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Worldline.

Summary

CompoSecure beats Worldline on 8 of the 12 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 Worldline

Worldline SA provides payments and transactional services to financial institutions, merchants, corporations, and government agencies in Northern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Merchant Services; Financial Services; and Mobility & e-Transactional Services segments. The Merchant Services segment offers commercial acquiring, terminal, omnichannel payment acceptance, and digital retail services. The Financial Services segment provides issuing processing, acquiring processing, digital banking, and account payments services. The Mobility & e-Transactional Services segment offers trusted digitization, e-ticketing, and e-consumer and mobility. The company was formerly known as Atos Worldline S.A.S. and changed its name to Worldline SA in April 2014. Worldline SA was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Puteaux, France.