Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) vs. Xperi (NYSE:XPER) Head-To-Head Survey

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) and Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) are both small-cap services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xperi and Commerce.com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$448.28 million	0.79	-$56.34 million	($0.99)	-7.41
Commerce.com	$342.35 million	0.73	-$19.34 million	($0.18)	-16.89

Commerce.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Xperi. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xperi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and Commerce.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	-10.22%	1.09%	0.73%
Commerce.com	-4.40%	6.10%	0.82%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Xperi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Commerce.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Xperi has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Xperi and Commerce.com, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	2	0	2.25
Commerce.com	3	1	2	0	1.83

Xperi presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.99%. Commerce.com has a consensus target price of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 54.61%. Given Commerce.com’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than Xperi.

Summary

Xperi beats Commerce.com on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xperi

Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Commerce.com

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.