CompoSecure (CMPO) Competitors

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and community ranking.

Is CMPO or GDOT more profitable?

CompoSecure has a net margin of 5.14% compared to Green Dot's net margin of -1.60%. Green Dot's return on equity of 4.48% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	5.14%	-11.00%	45.91%
Green Dot	-1.60%	4.48%	0.78%

Do analysts recommend CMPO or GDOT?

CompoSecure presently has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 86.59%. Green Dot has a consensus target price of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.04%. Given CompoSecure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Green Dot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Green Dot	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CMPO or GDOT?

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Green Dot shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Green Dot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CMPO or GDOT?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Dot has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CMPO or GDOT?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 16 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for CompoSecure and 1 mentions for Green Dot. Green Dot's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.55 indicating that Green Dot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CompoSecure	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Green Dot	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CMPO or GDOT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompoSecure	$390.63M	1.36	$19.24M	$0.97	6.81
Green Dot	$1.50B	0.35	$6.72M	-$0.47	-21.17

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMPO or GDOT?

Green Dot received 573 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 19 76.00%	Underperform Votes 6 24.00%
Green Dot	Outperform Votes 592 59.98%	Underperform Votes 395 40.02%

Summary

CompoSecure beats Green Dot on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.