CompoSecure, Inc. (CMPO) Report Analysis
At a high level, the metrics from CompoSecure's Q1 financial report release were demonstrably negative. Their growth, value, and income factors performance indicate that company management are not executing well their business plan. These results indicate a weak growth potential for CompoSecure's stock's price moving forward. Correspondingly, CompoSecure received a ranking of 53 and a UNDERPERFORM recommendation.
CompoSecure reported earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. For the first quarter, the company reported sales was USD 84.18 million compared to USD 63.72 million a year ago. Net income was USD 4.74 million compared to USD 23.22 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share from continuing operations was USD 0.32. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was USD 0.16.
Business Description
CompoSecure manufactures and designs metal, plastic, composite ID, 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 comprise the Arculus Key card Cold Storage hardware device and companion Arculus Wallet mobile App to keep the Private Key in the Arculus Key card highly secure and store cryptocurrency and digital assets. It serves financial institutions, plastic card manufacturers, government agencies, system integrators, and security specialists. The company was founded in 1910 and is based in Somerset, New Jersey.
Sector Overview
CompoSecure is included in the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals according to GICS (global industry classification standard). The Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals industry is part of the Information Technology sector. It includes manufacturers of mobile phones, PCs, servers, electronic computer components and peripherals. CompoSecure's industry and sector affiliation are expected to negatively affect their likelihood to overperform the market in the upcoming period, as other sectors appear more likely to benefit from the macroeconomic environment we see now.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score | |
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Return on Equity | -31.7 | -14.2% | 53 | |
Net Cashflow | 10.5 | 23.2% | 77 | |
Capital Expenditure | -5.9 | -24.1% | 46 | |
Asset Turnover | 2.4 | -4.2% | 48 | |
Free Cashflow | 5.2 | 6.2% | 76 |
* All values are TTM
The below chart reflects CompoSecure's birds-eye view on its performance with respect to its peers, the company's fillings as reported or to a similar industry, market cap, and country of origin. While CompoSecure's peer average final assessment score stands on 53.0, CompoSecure's score is 53.
When trying to optimize the timing of an investment, it's critical to analyze whether the stock looks overbought or oversold, and in which direction the momentum is moving. CompoSecure's stock is now priced above its 5-day, but below its 50-day and 200-day moving average, while its MACD (moving average convergence divergence) indicates that the stock's price movement momentum is weakening. Historically, this is a positive setup in the near-term. Meanwhile, looking at the Stochastic Oscillator and RSI (relative strength index), CompoSecure's stock indicates that it's likely oversold. Overall, these technical indicators signal negative momentum. Therefore, this stock received a cumulative TA (technical analysis) score of 52.
A few key balance sheet metrics in this report were discouraging. CompoSecure did a poor job related to managing cash and cash equivalents this period, which stood at 15.5, representing a -29.5% change from the previous filing. The company's cash and cash equivalents metrics highlight a difficult overall financial situation, which may, unfortunately, continue moving forward unless management makes significant changes. Consequently, their cash and cash equivalents movement received a grade of 44. Also, CompoSecure's liabilities stood at 520.1 in the current filing, which represents a -3.5% change from the previous report. These liabilities metrics show that management has been unsuccessful in encouraging healthy growth while managing liabilities. Its liabilities movement component, therefore, received a grade of 58. However, one encouraging metric, Book Value Factors, stood out. CompoSecure publishes solid book value factor metrics in this report. Price to book ratio (P/B) now sits at -0.1 and represents a 16.8% change from the previous report. The company's book value factor metrics are even more remarkable when compared to their peers. Therefore, its book value factors earned a score of 82. Because of these weaknesses, its balance sheet received an overall score of 59.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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Assets | 143.5 | 9.2% | 64 |
Liabilities | 520.1 | -3.5% | 58 |
Price to Book | -0.1 | 16.8% | 82 |
Cash & Equivalents | 15.5 | -29.5% | 44 |
Equity | -984.9 | 3.1% | 66 |
The below chart describes CompoSecure's performance as reflected on its balance sheet with respect to its peers. While CompoSecure received a balance sheet score of 59, the average of its peers stands on 59.0.
Name | Market Cap | Liabilities Movement | Asset Change | Equity/Intangibles Adjustments | Cash & Equivalents | Book Value Momentum | Balance Sheet | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 76 | 62 | 88 | 67 | 83 | 81 | 0 | 1 |
Turtle Beach Corporation | 227.4M | 39 | 80 | 69 | 86 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 50 | 80 | 60 | 46 | 56 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 56 | 80 | 57 | 44 | 55 | 54 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 71 | 73 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 52 | 78 | 73 | 46 | 67 | 63 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 60 | 80 | 58 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 60 | 77 | 55 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 78 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 52 | 62 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 42 | 82 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 55 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 67 | 77 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 62 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 89 | 62 | 93 | 70 | 90 | 93 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 50 | 72 | 64 | 38 | 63 | 52 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 57 | 80 | 46 | 38 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 58 | 81 | 47 | 88 | 54 | 57 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 52 | 82 | 43 | 45 | 59 | 49 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 38 | 74 | 53 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 96 | 85 | 59 | 48 | 60 | 82 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 67 | 70 | 55 | 53 | 66 | 58 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 48 | 86 | 47 | 63 | 45 | 53 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 65 | 83 | 43 | 40 | 56 | 54 | 20 | 1 |
CompoSecure's income statement factors had several troubling metrics this period. CompoSecure management did an underwhelming job managing revenue efficiency this past period. CompoSecure's revenue efficiency is 288.4 according to the metrics in the current filing, which represents a 7.6% change from the previous report. This metric might have a 18.5 percent impact on companies in the same industry and with the same market capitalization. Its uninspiring revenue efficiency is even more concerning relative to its peers and competitors in the current market. As a result, their revenue efficiency earned a score of 51. Also, In this filing, CompoSecure reported a return on equity (ROE) ratio of -31.7, which represents a growth of -14.2%. This metric might have a 3.1 percent impact on companies in the same industry and with the same market capitalization. They does not yet appear to be headed in the right direction regarding these return on equity and return on assets metrics. Its return factors (ROA & ROE) components, therefore, received a grade of 53. At the same time, one income statment metric, EBITDA, was actually strongly positive. CompoSecure reported impressive EBITDA this period. At filing, EBITDA was reported as 97.1, representing 3.7% change from the previous period. Companies in the same industry and market capitalization are typically affected by this parameter by up to 13.2%. Its EBITDA metrics highlight an impressive overall financial performance, which is expected to continue moving forward. Consequently, their EBITDA movement received a grade of 69. Therefore, it received a cautionary score of 58.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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EBITDA | 97.1 | 3.7% | 69 |
Total Revenues | 288.4 | 7.6% | 51 |
Return on Equity | -31.7 | -14.2% | 53 |
The below chart describes CompoSecure's performance as reflected on its income statement with respect to its peers. While CompoSecure received a income statement score of 58 , the average of its peers stands on 58.0.
Name | Market Cap | Revenue Momentum | Earning Movement | Return Factors Momentum | Income Statement | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 38 | 93 | 77 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
Turtle Beach Corporation | 227.4M | 96 | 41 | 42 | 69 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 76 | 67 | 79 | 74 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 68 | 65 | 82 | 69 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 81 | 61 | 64 | 73 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 85 | 56 | 61 | 73 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 83 | 69 | 90 | 79 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 80 | 83 | 71 | 82 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 76 | 63 | 52 | 70 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 46 | 97 | 96 | 71 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 88 | 46 | 45 | 69 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 43 | 95 | 95 | 69 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 97 | 41 | 39 | 71 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 91 | 38 | 42 | 67 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 61 | 48 | 81 | 58 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 79 | 68 | 69 | 75 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 37 | 47 | 61 | 43 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 37 | 46 | 73 | 45 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 75 | 61 | 49 | 68 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 98 | 58 | 63 | 80 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 92 | 42 | 73 | 72 | 20 | 1 |
CompoSecure's recently published cash flow showed overall, underwhelming numbers. Both Capital Expenditure and Asset Turnover were particularly concerning. CompoSecure's published capital expenditures (CapEx) numbers were discouraging and reflected management's unbalanced growth strategy. CompoSecure recorded CapEx of -5.9, which represents a -24.1% change from the previous report. This performance is all the more uninspiring relative to their peers and competitors. Its CapEx movement, therefore, received a grade of 46. Also, Asset turnover metrics during this period were surprisingly weak. Their reported asset turnover metrics of 2.4, which represents a -4.2% change from the previous report. Companies in the same industry and market capitalization are typically affected by this parameter by up to 10.7%. Their asset turnover numbers are significantly less impressive when compared to their peers and competitors. Correspondingly, their asset turnover movement received a grade of 48. That said, one metric, Net Cash Flow, stood out as strongly positive. CompoSecure presents exciting net cash flow numbers for its recent financial release, illustrated by a net cash flow of 10.5, which is a change of 23.2% from the last filing. This industry-leading net cash flow momentum should reinforce broader positive momentum for its's stock price going forward. The company's net cash flow, therefore, received a grade of 77. Therefore, it received a cautionary score of 58.
Parameter | Value | Change | Score |
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Net Cashflow | 10.5 | 23.2% | 77 |
Capital Expenditure | -5.9 | -24.1% | 46 |
Asset Turnover | 2.4 | -4.2% | 48 |
Free Cashflow | 5.2 | 6.2% | 76 |
The below chart describes CompoSecure's performance as reflected on its cash flow with respect to its peers. While CompoSecure received a cash flow score of 58, the average of its peers stands on 58.0.
Name | Market Cap | Cashflow Momentum | Free Cashflow Growth | Capital Expenditure Growth | Assets Factors Momentum | Cash Flow | mc_sort | Hidden |
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Canaan Inc. | 600.4M | 67 | 69 | 73 | 46 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Turtle Beach Corporation | 227.4M | 87 | 38 | 87 | 51 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
Apple Inc. | 2.3T | 76 | 75 | 68 | 91 | 84 | 2 | 1 |
Dell Technologies Inc. | 37.2B | 68 | 50 | 68 | 85 | 72 | 3 | 1 |
HP Inc. | 36.5B | 56 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 4 | 1 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 18.4B | 77 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 1 |
Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 15.9B | 64 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 6 | 1 |
Western Digital Corporation | 14.9B | 65 | 82 | 54 | 70 | 70 | 7 | 1 |
NetApp, Inc. | 14.9B | 77 | 58 | 37 | 53 | 55 | 8 | 1 |
Pure Storage, Inc. | 8.0B | 94 | 91 | 64 | 97 | 95 | 9 | 1 |
Xerox Holdings Corporation | 2.5B | 59 | 64 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 10 | 1 |
Super Micro Computer, Inc. | 2.2B | 51 | 51 | 90 | 68 | 62 | 11 | 1 |
Corsair Gaming, Inc. | 1.4B | 50 | 37 | 48 | 46 | 40 | 12 | 1 |
3D Systems Corporation | 1.3B | 58 | 40 | 61 | 65 | 55 | 13 | 1 |
Stratasys Ltd. | 1.3B | 83 | 37 | 77 | 51 | 55 | 14 | 1 |
Avid Technology, Inc. | 1.2B | 58 | 59 | 45 | 94 | 74 | 15 | 1 |
IonQ, Inc. | 957.0M | 69 | 66 | 54 | 98 | 82 | 16 | 1 |
Nano Dimension Ltd. | 834.0M | 69 | 70 | 74 | 55 | 70 | 17 | 1 |
Eastman Kodak Company | 419.9M | 84 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 18 | 1 |
Coolpad Group Limited | 275.6M | 59 | 74 | 79 | 43 | 58 | 19 | 1 |
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | 190.3M | 38 | 38 | 59 | 72 | 53 | 20 | 1 |
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