BayCom (BCML) Competitors

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

Is CMPO or BCML more profitable?

BayCom has a net margin of 17.10% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. BayCom's return on equity of 7.45% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%
BayCom	17.10%	7.45%	0.92%

Do analysts rate CMPO or BCML?

CompoSecure presently has a consensus price target of $16.19, indicating a potential upside of 52.00%. BayCom has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.32%. Given CompoSecure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than BayCom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
BayCom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CMPO or BCML?

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of BayCom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CMPO or BCML?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayCom has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CMPO or BCML?

In the previous week, BayCom had 4 more articles in the media than CompoSecure. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BayCom and 4 mentions for CompoSecure. CompoSecure's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat BayCom's score of -0.24 indicating that CompoSecure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, CMPO or BCML?

BayCom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayCom, 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	$420.57M	2.59	$19.24M	-$1.14	-9.34
BayCom	$97.14M	2.98	$23.61M	$2.10	12.37

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMPO or BCML?

BayCom received 51 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 33 78.57%	Underperform Votes 9 21.43%
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 54.90%	Underperform Votes 69 45.10%

Summary

CompoSecure and BayCom tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.