Prepare Yourself for Liftoff: CompoSecure Inc (CMPO)

With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.08 million shares. The 52-week range on CMPO shows that it touched its highest point at $14.70 and its lowest point at $4.97 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.29. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.87.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CMPO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.62%, but this was up by 19.79% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.51% while six-month performance fell -7.27%. The stock gained 101.22% in the past year, while it has lost -9.14% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMPO yields -1.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.03. For the next quarter, that number is 0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.36% for this year and 17.75% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 100.46 million CMPO shares are outstanding with a float of 41.87 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CMPO since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.88943 being high and $0.80631 being low. For CMPO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.84787.