CompoSecure (CMPO) Competitors

Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) and CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate CADE or CMPO?

Cadence Bank currently has a consensus price target of $36.82, indicating a potential upside of 21.39%. CompoSecure has a consensus price target of $16.19, indicating a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Cadence Bank's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cadence Bank is more favorable than CompoSecure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
CompoSecure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is CADE or CMPO more profitable?

Cadence Bank has a net margin of 18.03% compared to CompoSecure's net margin of -5.63%. Cadence Bank's return on equity of 9.87% beat CompoSecure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Bank	18.03%	9.87%	1.07%
CompoSecure	-5.63%	-14.87%	36.45%

Which has more volatility & risk, CADE or CMPO?

Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompoSecure has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CADE or CMPO?

Cadence Bank received 289 more outperform votes than CompoSecure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.27% of users gave CompoSecure an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Cadence Bank an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 323 59.38%	Underperform Votes 221 40.63%
CompoSecure	Outperform Votes 34 77.27%	Underperform Votes 10 22.73%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CADE or CMPO?

84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of CompoSecure shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.1% of CompoSecure shares are held by 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CADE or CMPO?

Cadence Bank has higher revenue and earnings than CompoSecure. CompoSecure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadence Bank, 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
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	5.99	$523.60M	$2.85	10.64
CompoSecure	$376.39M	3.79	$19.24M	-$1.10	-12.69

Does the media prefer CADE or CMPO?

In the previous week, CompoSecure had 9 more articles in the media than Cadence Bank. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CompoSecure and 7 mentions for Cadence Bank. Cadence Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat CompoSecure's score of 0.52 indicating that Cadence Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Bank	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CompoSecure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cadence Bank beats CompoSecure on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.