Head to Head Comparison: Commerce.com (CMRC) versus Its Competitors

Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) is one of 48 publicly-traded companies in the “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Commerce.com to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices 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	98	197	217	12	2.27

Commerce.com presently has a consensus target price of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 133.97%. As a group, “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies have a potential upside of 93.09%. Given Commerce.com’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

79.2% of Commerce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% 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, 20.5% of shares of all “Services – Computer Programming And Data Processing” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Volatility & Risk

Commerce.com has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com’s rivals have a beta of 0.68, indicating that their average share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & 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	$332.93 million	-$27.03 million	-19.50
Commerce.com Competitors	$223.24 million	-$53.25 million	-7.80

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.

Summary

Commerce.com beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

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.