Commerce.com (NASDAQ:CMRC – Get Free Report) and zSpace (NASDAQ:ZSPC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Commerce.com and zSpace, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Commerce.com | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 |
| zSpace | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
Commerce.com presently has a consensus target price of $4.17, suggesting a potential upside of 21.12%. zSpace has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 68,081.82%. Given zSpace’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe zSpace is more favorable than Commerce.com.
Profitability
This table compares Commerce.com and zSpace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Commerce.com | -1.66% | 20.49% | 2.92% |
| zSpace | -91.13% | N/A | -236.00% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
79.2% of Commerce.com shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Commerce.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of zSpace shares are held 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.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Commerce.com and zSpace”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Commerce.com | $342.35 million | 0.83 | -$19.34 million | ($0.07) | -49.14 |
| zSpace | $27.86 million | 0.15 | -$25.39 million | ($16.94) | -0.01 |
Commerce.com has higher revenue and earnings than zSpace. Commerce.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than zSpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Commerce.com has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, zSpace has a beta of -1.44, meaning that its stock price is 244% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Commerce.com beats zSpace on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Commerce.com
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. operates a software-as-a-service platform for small businesses, mid-markets, and large enterprises in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company’s platform provides various services for launching and scaling e-commerce operation, including store design, catalog management, hosting, checkout, order management, reporting, and pre-integrations. As of December 31, 2021, it served approximately 60,000 online stores across industries. BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About zSpace
zSpace Technologies, Inc. is a provider of commercial augmented reality and virtual reality technology principally in the education market. The Company offers differentiated hardware along with learning software modules for K-12 science, technology, engineering, game design and mathematics applications, as well as workforce-oriented career and technical education applications. zSpace Technologies Inc. is based in SAN JOSE, Calif.
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