ACNB (ACNB) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$132.20M	2.62	$31.85M	$3.73	10.86
CompoSecure	$390.63M	3.63	$19.24M	-$0.44	-36.61

Do analysts prefer ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. CompoSecure has a consensus target price of $16.81, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Given ACNB's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ACNB is more favorable than CompoSecure.

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

Is ACNB or CMPO more profitable?

ACNB has a net margin of 24.09% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. ACNB's return on equity of 10.91% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ACNB	24.09%	10.91%	1.31%
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%

Does the media favor ACNB or CMPO?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 7 more articles in the media than ACNB. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CompoSecure and 2 mentions for ACNB. ACNB's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.85 indicating that ACNB is being referred to more favorably in the 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ACNB or CMPO?

ACNB has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CompoSecure beats ACNB on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.