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CMPO

CompoSecure, Inc.

CMPO

CompoSecure, Inc. NASDAQ
$19.87 2.05% (+0.40)

Market Cap $2.02 B
52w High $26.78
52w Low $9.24
Dividend Yield 0.30%
P/E -9.89
Volume 348.15K
Outstanding Shares 101.89M

Income Statement

Period Revenue Operating Expense Net Income Net Profit Margin Earnings Per Share EBITDA
Q3-2025 $0 $9.939M $-174.696M 0% $-1.58 $-144.892M
Q2-2025 $0 $2.656M $-26.125M 0% $-0.26 $-66.796M
Q1-2025 $59.824M $22.705M $21.492M 35.925% $0.21 $36.963M
Q4-2024 $100.859M $36.932M $-37.329M -37.011% $-0.91 $-39.675M
Q3-2024 $107.135M $26.316M $-42.06M -39.259% $-1.1 $-77.378M

Balance Statement

Period Cash & Short-term Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
Q3-2025 $127.362M $505.475M $353.006M $152.469M
Q2-2025 $4.808M $317.296M $423.672M $-106.376M
Q1-2025 $9.506M $292.323M $379.63M $-87.307M
Q4-2024 $77.461M $473.918M $617.364M $-143.446M
Q3-2024 $52.674M $435.441M $720.45M $-285.009M

Cash Flow Statement

Period Net Income Cash From Operations Cash From Investing Cash From Financing Net Change Free Cash Flow
Q3-2025 $-174.696M $-11.941M $0 $134.495M $122.554M $-11.941M
Q2-2025 $-26.125M $37K $0 $-4.735M $-4.698M $37K
Q1-2025 $21.492M $3.011M $-60.69M $-10.276M $-67.955M $2.624M
Q4-2024 $-48.358M $35.417M $-4.434M $-6.196M $24.787M $32.483M
Q3-2024 $-49.928M $28.136M $-1.984M $-8.869M $17.283M $26.152M

Five-Year Company Overview

Income Statement

Income Statement Revenue has risen steadily over the past several years, and the core business appears to have decent pricing power, with healthy margins before overhead and financing costs. Operating profit has been relatively stable, which suggests a reasonably efficient operation. However, the most recent year flipped back into a loss at the bottom line after a couple of modestly profitable years. That reversal, along with very volatile earnings per share over time, points to meaningful swings from items like financing costs, one‑offs, or non‑cash charges that make headline earnings less predictable.


Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet The company has grown its asset base and increased its cash cushion, which is a plus for flexibility. Debt, while lower than at its peak, remains significant, and shareholders’ equity is still negative. A negative equity position usually signals a highly leveraged and financially aggressive structure, often reflecting accumulated losses, past restructurings, or heavy use of debt and preferred instruments. In simple terms, the company operates with a thin balance‑sheet cushion and depends heavily on continued cash generation and access to financing.


Cash Flow

Cash Flow Despite the accounting loss in the latest year, the business continues to produce solid cash from operations and has done so consistently for several years. Capital spending needs have been modest, so most operating cash has translated into free cash flow. This pattern suggests that the underlying businesses are cash‑generative and not overly capital‑intensive. Stable, positive free cash flow is a key offset to the weaker balance sheet, though it would need to remain resilient if conditions in payments or crypto security were to soften.


Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge CompoSecure holds a strong niche in premium metal payment cards, supported by specialized manufacturing know‑how, a sizable patent portfolio, and entrenched relationships with major card issuers. Its products help banks and networks differentiate high‑end card offerings, giving the company a defensible position and recurring business once it is designed into a program. At the same time, it competes against large, sophisticated global manufacturers, and it faces concentration risk if a few key financial‑institution clients change vendors or shift away from metal cards. In digital asset security, Arculus gives CompoSecure an innovative angle but goes up against well‑known incumbents, so gaining share is not guaranteed and is likely to be influenced by sentiment in the crypto market.


Innovation and R&D

Innovation and R&D Innovation is a clear hallmark: from multi‑interface metal cards and novel materials like glass cards to LED designs and sustainability‑oriented metal blends, the company focuses on premium, visually distinctive, and technically challenging formats. On the digital side, Arculus combines hardware‑grade security with a card form factor and multi‑factor authentication, aiming to make crypto storage feel familiar and simple. The push toward on‑chain tap‑to‑pay and closer integration between traditional cards and digital assets could create differentiated offerings if adoption follows. However, these bets involve execution risk, dependence on partner ecosystems, and uncertainty around how quickly consumers and banks embrace new card formats and crypto‑linked features. The planned combination with Husky Technologies adds another layer of strategic and integration uncertainty but could broaden capabilities over time.


Summary

Overall, CompoSecure shows a mix of healthy business traction and financial risk. On the positive side, revenue has grown steadily, operating economics look solid, and the company generates consistent free cash flow. It also appears to enjoy a real competitive edge in a profitable niche and is investing to extend that edge into digital security. On the risk side, the capital structure is stretched, equity remains negative, and earnings have been uneven, with the latest year returning to a loss. The strategy leans into innovation, premium positioning, and crypto‑related growth, which could be rewarding but inherently comes with higher volatility and execution risk. The company’s ability to maintain strong cash generation, manage leverage, and successfully scale newer initiatives like Arculus will likely be key drivers of its future financial profile.