SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) versus CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) Critical Comparison

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of SPX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of SPX Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPX Technologies has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CompoSecure and SPX Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-24.53%	-65.50%	26.83%
SPX Technologies	11.48%	16.96%	9.71%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for CompoSecure and SPX Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0	0	2	0	3.00
SPX Technologies	0	2	11	1	2.93

CompoSecure presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.55%. SPX Technologies has a consensus target price of $240.36, suggesting a potential upside of 47.01%. Given CompoSecure’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than SPX Technologies.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CompoSecure and SPX Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompoSecure	$160.68 million	9.23	-$53.72 million	($2.16)	-5.43
SPX Technologies	$2.27 billion	3.62	$244.00 million	$5.90	27.71

SPX Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

SPX Technologies beats CompoSecure on 10 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 SPX Technologies

SPX Technologies, Inc. supplies infrastructure equipment serving the heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC); and detection and measurement markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, HVAC and Detection and Measurement. The HVAC segment engineers, designs, manufactures, installs, and services package and process cooling products and engineered air movement solutions for the HVAC industrial and power generation markets, as well as boilers, heating, and ventilation products for the residential and commercial markets. It offers its products under the Marley, Recold, SGS, Cincinnati Fan, TAMCO, Ingénia, Berko, Qmark, Fahrenheat, Leading Edge, Patterson-Kelley, Weil-McLain, Williamson-Thermoflo, INDEECO, Heatrex, AccuTherm, Brasch, Spectrum, BannerDay PipeHeating, and Solar Products brands. The Detection and Measurement segment offers underground pipe and cable locators, inspection and rehabilitation equipment, and robotic systems under the Radiodetection, Pearpoint, Schonstedt, Dielectric, Riser Bond, Cues, ULC Robotics, and Sensors & Software brands; transportation systems under the Genfare brand; communication technologies products under the TCI and ECS brands; and obstruction lighting products under the Flash Technology, ITL, Sabik Marine, Sealite, and Avlite brands. The company markets its products through independent manufacturing representatives, third-party distributors, and retailers, as well as direct to customers. The company was formerly known as SPX Corporation and changed its name to SPX Technologies, Inc. in August 2022. SPX Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.