Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) Downgraded by Zacks Research to “Hold”

Zacks Research downgraded shares of Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Tuesday morning,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Composecure in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Composecure from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Composecure in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Composecure from $22.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Composecure has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $15.00.

Composecure Stock Up 3.0%

Shares of GPGI stock opened at $15.09 on Tuesday. Composecure has a 52 week low of $11.22 and a 52 week high of $26.78. The company has a market capitalization of $4.37 billion, a PE ratio of -6.29 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $13.53.

Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $421.20 million during the quarter. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.25 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Composecure will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Composecure Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 18th were given a dividend of $0.0025 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 18th. This represents a $0.01 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.1%. Composecure’s dividend payout ratio is presently -0.42%.

Insider Activity at Composecure

In other Composecure news, insider Thomas R. Knott purchased 85,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the purchase, the insider directly owned 129,250 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,508,347.50. This represents a 193.75% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Krishna Mikkilineni acquired 8,106 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $12.34 per share, for a total transaction of $100,028.04. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 10,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $133,321.36. This trade represents a 300.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders acquired 105,237 shares of company stock worth $1,245,734. 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

Composecure Company Profile

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.