Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Research

Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) was downgraded by research analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Composecure from $22.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 15th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating on shares of Composecure in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Composecure in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Composecure from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $15.00.

Composecure Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:GPGI opened at $15.09 on Tuesday. Composecure has a 12-month low of $11.22 and a 12-month high of $26.78. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $13.53. The stock has a market cap of $4.37 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.29 and a beta of 0.84.

Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $421.20 million for the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.25 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Composecure will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Composecure

In other Composecure news, insider Kurt Schoen purchased 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $12.58 per share, for a total transaction of $50,320.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the insider owned 586,317 shares in the company, valued at $7,375,867.86. This represents a 0.69% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Thomas R. Knott purchased 85,250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $11.67 per share, with a total value of $994,867.50. Following the acquisition, the insider owned 129,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,508,347.50. This represents a 193.75% increase in their position. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders acquired a total of 105,237 shares of company stock worth $1,245,734 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 18.40% of the company’s stock.

Key Composecure News

Here are the key news stories impacting Composecure this week:

• Negative Sentiment: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd filed a class action lawsuit against GPGI, saying purchasers of the stock between Nov. 3, 2025 and May 6, 2026 may have claims, with a lead-plaintiff deadline of Sept. 14, 2026. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms, including Kirby McInerney, Rosen Law, Block & Leviton, and Gainey McKenna & Egleston, also announced or promoted securities class-action claims and investor rights notices tied to the same alleged misconduct period. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Ademi LLP and Frank R. Cruz separately announced investigations into possible securities fraud, saying GPGI may have made inaccurate statements about its financial statements, operations, and prospects. Article Title

About Composecure

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.