Contrasting CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO) and America First Multifamily Investors (NASDAQ:ATAX)

CompoSecure (NASDAQ:CMPO – Get Rating) and America First Multifamily Investors (NASDAQ:ATAX – Get Rating) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

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This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for CompoSecure and America First Multifamily Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CompoSecure	0	0	2	0	3.00
America First Multifamily Investors	0	0	2	0	3.00

CompoSecure currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 209.48%. America First Multifamily Investors has a consensus price target of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. Given CompoSecure's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CompoSecure is more favorable than America First Multifamily Investors.

Volatility & Risk

CompoSecure has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, America First Multifamily Investors has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CompoSecure and America First Multifamily Investors' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CompoSecure	N/A	-1.32%	3.60%
America First Multifamily Investors	78.27%	15.99%	4.33%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CompoSecure and America First Multifamily Investors' revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CompoSecure	$267.95 million	1.47	$13.51 million	N/A	N/A
America First Multifamily Investors	$68.50 million	5.95	$38.10 million	$2.32	7.98

America First Multifamily Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CompoSecure.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.3% of America First Multifamily Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.9% of CompoSecure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of America First Multifamily Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

America First Multifamily Investors beats CompoSecure on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

CompoSecure Company Profile (Get Rating)

CompoSecure, Inc. 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.

America First Multifamily Investors Company Profile (Get Rating)

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. acquires, holds, sells, and deals in a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds (MRBs) that are issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing for multifamily and student housing, and residential and commercial properties. It operates through five segments: Affordable Multifamily MRB Investments, Seniors and Skilled Nursing MRB Investments, MF Properties, Market-Rate Joint Venture Investments, and Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned 74 MRBs issued by state and local housing authorities in order to provide construction or permanent financing for 76 multifamily and seniors housing properties comprising a total of 12,584 rental units located in 17 states; and nine governmental issuer loans related to affordable multifamily properties containing a total of 1,832 rental units located in six states in the United States. America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two serves as the general partner of the company. America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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