CompoSecure (CMPO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CMPO or SFBS?

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMPO or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares received 197 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 33 78.57%	Underperform Votes 9 21.43%
ServisFirst Bancshares	Outperform Votes 230 57.79%	Underperform Votes 168 42.21%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMPO or SFBS?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CMPO or SFBS more profitable?

ServisFirst Bancshares has a net margin of 23.16% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity of 14.81% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%
ServisFirst Bancshares	23.16%	14.81%	1.39%

Does the media prefer CMPO or SFBS?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 8 more articles in the media than ServisFirst Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CompoSecure and 1 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.91 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CompoSecure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ServisFirst Bancshares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CMPO or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServisFirst Bancshares, 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	2.76	$19.24M	-$1.14	-9.96
ServisFirst Bancshares	$477.66M	9.56	$227.24M	$4.16	20.12

Do analysts rate CMPO or SFBS?

CompoSecure presently has a consensus price target of $16.19, suggesting a potential upside of 42.62%. ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $93.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.72%. Given CompoSecure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than ServisFirst Bancshares.

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
ServisFirst Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

ServisFirst Bancshares beats CompoSecure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.