CompoSecure, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMPO) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Shares of CompoSecure, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMPO - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eight analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $16.19.

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $15.00 price target on shares of CompoSecure in a research note on Tuesday, May 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded CompoSecure from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CMPO. Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC boosted its position in shares of CompoSecure by 60.3% during the 1st quarter. Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC now owns 7,339,015 shares of the company's stock valued at $79,775,000 after acquiring an additional 2,759,872 shares during the last quarter. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of CompoSecure during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $19,901,000. Capital World Investors purchased a new stake in CompoSecure during the 4th quarter valued at $27,387,000. Divisadero Street Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in CompoSecure during the 4th quarter valued at $16,075,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in CompoSecure by 65.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,337,323 shares of the company's stock valued at $25,407,000 after buying an additional 926,389 shares during the period. 37.56% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

CompoSecure Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CMPO traded up $0.09 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $14.56. 313,481 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 929,924. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $13.41 and a 200 day moving average of $13.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -13.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.78 and a beta of 0.94. CompoSecure has a 1 year low of $7.32 and a 1 year high of $17.71.

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $103.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $103.22 million. CompoSecure had a negative net margin of 15.36% and a negative return on equity of 33.46%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that CompoSecure will post 1.02 earnings per share for the current year.

About CompoSecure

CompoSecure, Inc manufactures and designs metal, composite, and proprietary financial transaction cards in the United States and internationally. Its primary metal form factors include embedded, metal veneer lite, metal veneer, and full metal products. The company also offers Arculus Cold Storage Wallet, a three-factor authentication solution, which supports specific digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, non-fungible tokens and others.