CompoSecure (CMPO) Competitors

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, CMPO or HWC?

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hancock Whitney has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMPO or HWC?

Hancock Whitney received 28 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 48.41% of users gave Hancock Whitney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 33 78.57%	Underperform Votes 9 21.43%
Hancock Whitney	Outperform Votes 61 48.41%	Underperform Votes 65 51.59%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CMPO or HWC?

Hancock Whitney has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hancock Whitney, 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	2.54	$19.24M	-$1.14	-9.17
Hancock Whitney	$1.44B	2.92	$460.82M	$5.28	9.22

Do analysts prefer CMPO or HWC?

CompoSecure currently has a consensus price target of $16.19, indicating a potential upside of 54.90%. Hancock Whitney has a consensus price target of $62.56, indicating a potential upside of 28.48%. Given CompoSecure's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than Hancock Whitney.

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
Hancock Whitney	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the media prefer CMPO or HWC?

In the previous week, Hancock Whitney had 4 more articles in the media than CompoSecure. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hancock Whitney and 6 mentions for CompoSecure. Hancock Whitney's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.92 indicating that Hancock Whitney is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hancock Whitney	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

37.6% of CompoSecure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.0% of CompoSecure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Hancock Whitney shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CMPO or HWC more profitable?

Hancock Whitney has a net margin of 22.40% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. Hancock Whitney's return on equity of 11.56% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%
Hancock Whitney	22.40%	11.56%	1.32%

Summary

Hancock Whitney beats CompoSecure on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.