LSPD vs. ENGH, DCBO, KXS, DND, CMG, BB, NVEI, ET, CTS, and HPS.A
Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Kinaxis (KXS), Dye & Durham (DND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), BlackBerry (BB), Nuvei (NVEI), Evertz Technologies (ET), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), and Hammond Power Solutions (HPS.A). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Enghouse Systems (TSE:ENGH) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
44.4% of Enghouse Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of Enghouse Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enghouse Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enghouse Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enghouse Systems received 148 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.18% of users gave Enghouse Systems an outperform vote while only 68.40% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 10 more articles in the media than Enghouse Systems. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 2 mentions for Enghouse Systems. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Enghouse Systems' score of 0.34 indicating that Enghouse Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enghouse Systems has a net margin of 15.67% compared to Enghouse Systems' net margin of -23.85%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 13.54% beat Enghouse Systems' return on equity.
Enghouse Systems currently has a consensus target price of C$38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.28%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus target price of C$25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.49%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enghouse Systems is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.
Enghouse Systems has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Enghouse Systems beats Lightspeed Commerce on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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