Contrasting Commerce.com (CMRC) and The Competition

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Commerce.com to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Commerce.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commerce.com	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-25.31
Commerce.com Competitors	$257.93 million	-$40.93 million	-7.30

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

Risk & Volatility

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s peers have a beta of 0.77, suggesting that their average share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Commerce.com and its peers’ 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	-53.73%	-1,002.64%	-68.20%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Commerce.com and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commerce.com	2	2	2	1	2.29
Commerce.com Competitors	86	189	208	11	2.29

Commerce.com presently has a consensus price target of $8.30, indicating a potential upside of 104.94%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 74.64%. Given Commerce.com’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its peers on 9 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.