Commerce.com (CMRC) Competitors

N-able (NYSE:NABL) and Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NABL or CMRC?

96.4% of N-able shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of N-able shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Commerce.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer NABL or CMRC?

N-able presently has a consensus price target of $9.31, suggesting a potential upside of 16.82%. Commerce.com has a consensus price target of $8.07, suggesting a potential upside of 66.42%. Given Commerce.com's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commerce.com is more favorable than N-able.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Commerce.com	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is NABL or CMRC more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 0.59% compared to Commerce.com's net margin of -5.37%. N-able's return on equity of 4.13% beat Commerce.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N-able	0.59%	4.13%	2.42%
Commerce.com	-5.37%	-25.13%	-2.77%

Does the media favor NABL or CMRC?

In the previous week, N-able had 1 more articles in the media than Commerce.com. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for N-able and 7 mentions for Commerce.com. Commerce.com's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat N-able's score of 0.22 indicating that Commerce.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
N-able	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Commerce.com	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NABL or CMRC?

N-able has higher revenue and earnings than Commerce.com. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, 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
N-able	$466.15M	3.20	$30.96M	$0.02	398.60
Commerce.com	$332.93M	1.18	-$27.03M	-$0.22	-22.05

Which has more risk & volatility, NABL or CMRC?

N-able has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce.com has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

N-able beats Commerce.com on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.