ACNB (ACNB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB received 127 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.49% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave ACNB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ACNB	Outperform Votes 158 61.72%	Underperform Votes 98 38.28%
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 31 79.49%	Underperform Votes 8 20.51%

Do analysts prefer ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. CompoSecure has a consensus target price of $16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given CompoSecure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than ACNB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ACNB	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ACNB or CMPO?

32.4% of ACNB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of ACNB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACNB, 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
ACNB	$115.08M	2.94	$31.69M	$3.44	11.51
CompoSecure	$390.63M	3.33	$19.24M	-$0.44	-33.55

Is ACNB or CMPO more profitable?

ACNB has a net margin of 23.43% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. ACNB's return on equity of 10.18% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACNB	23.43%	10.18%	1.21%
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%

Does the media refer more to ACNB or CMPO?

In the previous week, ACNB and ACNB both had 2 articles in the media. CompoSecure's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ACNB's score of 0.84 indicating that CompoSecure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ACNB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CompoSecure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CompoSecure beats ACNB on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.