Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CBZ scored 65.2, CMPR scored 69.3 — CMPR leads.
Compare another set
CBZ
CBIZ, Inc.
Specialty Business Services · Quality-Growth
65.2
$54.82 · $3.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
4.1
CMPR leads
CMPR
Cimpress plc
Specialty Business Services · Quality-Growth
69.3
$74.21 · $1.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCMPR19.6x
Fastest growthCBZ+52.1%
Highest qualityCMPR66 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCBZ-55%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CBZ
stronger →← stronger
CMPR
44
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
66
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
68
72
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
74
CMPR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CBZ
CMPR
$274mC
FCF
$116mC
+52.1%A
Rev
+9.8%B
1.02C+
D/E
Negative equity
26.4xB
P/E
19.6xB+
1.22B
PEG
2.38C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CBZ
CMPR
55% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
51% above
~-5%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~18%/yr
+72%
1-yr DCF upside
-38%
+120%
5-yr DCF upside
-34%
+216%
10-yr DCF upside
-28%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CBZ
No notable signals flagged.
CMPR
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
CBZCBIZ, Inc.
Specialty Business Services · $54.82 · beta 0.92
Why now
Specialty Business Services · market cap $3.0b. Trading near 52-week high of $56.41 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +52% — in hypergrowth territory.
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($96m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Net margin 4.4% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 6% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
CMPRCimpress plc
Specialty Business Services · $74.21 · beta 1.82
Why now
Specialty Business Services · market cap $1.8b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $106.58 — deep drawdown territory.
Moat
FCF converts 121% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.82 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Net margin 2.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where CBZ and CMPR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.1 points in favor of CMPR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityCBZ 44.5 · CMPR 65.5CMPR +21.0
GrowthCBZ 87.0 · CMPR 68.4CBZ +18.6
ValueCBZ 71.7 · CMPR 74.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CMPR or CBZ the better stock?
CMPR scores higher: CMPR 69.3, CBZ 65.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CMPR and CBZ differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where CMPR leads by 21 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are CMPR and CBZ scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.