LPSN vs. TZOO, DHX, BCOV, MCHX, MOVE, CLDR, QLYS, SPSC, TWLO, and NUAN
Should you be buying LivePerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LivePerson include Travelzoo (TZOO), DHI Group (DHX), Brightcove (BCOV), Marchex (MCHX), Movano (MOVE), Cloudera (CLDR), Qualys (QLYS), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Twilio (TWLO), and Nuance Communications (NUAN).
LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) and Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Travelzoo has a net margin of 15.24% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -31.27%. Travelzoo's return on equity of 140.63% beat LivePerson's return on equity.
Travelzoo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivePerson. LivePerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travelzoo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LivePerson has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travelzoo has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LivePerson received 119 more outperform votes than Travelzoo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.04% of users gave Travelzoo an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave LivePerson an outperform vote.
LivePerson presently has a consensus target price of $1.38, indicating a potential upside of 113.05%. Travelzoo has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.60%. Given LivePerson's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Travelzoo.
In the previous week, Travelzoo had 3 more articles in the media than LivePerson. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Travelzoo and 3 mentions for LivePerson. Travelzoo's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat LivePerson's score of -0.10 indicating that Travelzoo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.8% of LivePerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of LivePerson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.0% of Travelzoo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Travelzoo beats LivePerson on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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