CompoSecure, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMPO) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Shares of CompoSecure, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMPO - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eight research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $16.19.

CMPO has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of CompoSecure from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $15.00 price target on shares of CompoSecure in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CMPO. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in CompoSecure by 449.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 651,211 shares of the company's stock worth $9,983,000 after buying an additional 532,708 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its stake in shares of CompoSecure by 29.7% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 270,145 shares of the company's stock worth $4,141,000 after purchasing an additional 61,928 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CompoSecure in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $726,000. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of CompoSecure by 14.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 242,854 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,723,000 after buying an additional 30,086 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CompoSecure by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 11,399 shares of the company's stock valued at $175,000 after buying an additional 967 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 37.56% of the company's stock.

CompoSecure Stock Performance

Shares of CMPO opened at $14.75 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -13.41, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.94. The business's fifty day moving average price is $13.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.28. CompoSecure has a 52 week low of $7.03 and a 52 week high of $17.71.

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $103.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $103.22 million. CompoSecure had a negative return on equity of 33.46% and a negative net margin of 15.36%. As a group, research analysts forecast that CompoSecure will post 1.02 EPS for the current year.

CompoSecure Company Profile

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.

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