Firefly Neuroscience (AIFF) Competitors

LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) and Firefly Neuroscience (NASDAQ:AIFF) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LPSN or AIFF?

79.8% of LivePerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Firefly Neuroscience shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of LivePerson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Firefly Neuroscience shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LPSN or AIFF?

In the previous week, LivePerson had 2 more articles in the media than Firefly Neuroscience. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LivePerson and 2 mentions for Firefly Neuroscience. Firefly Neuroscience's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat LivePerson's score of 0.25 indicating that Firefly Neuroscience is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LivePerson	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Firefly Neuroscience	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend LPSN or AIFF?

LivePerson currently has a consensus price target of $1.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Given LivePerson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Firefly Neuroscience.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LivePerson	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88
Firefly Neuroscience	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LPSN or AIFF?

LivePerson received 482 more outperform votes than Firefly Neuroscience when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LivePerson	Outperform Votes 482 57.86%	Underperform Votes 351 42.14%
Firefly Neuroscience	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LPSN or AIFF?

Firefly Neuroscience has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivePerson.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LivePerson	$401.98M	0.29	-$100.43M	-$1.53	-0.85
Firefly Neuroscience	$7.98M	3.51	-$2.03M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, LPSN or AIFF?

LivePerson has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Firefly Neuroscience has a beta of 3.05, meaning that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LPSN or AIFF more profitable?

LivePerson has a net margin of -18.72% compared to Firefly Neuroscience's net margin of -73.72%. LivePerson's return on equity of -111.48% beat Firefly Neuroscience's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LivePerson	-18.72%	-111.48%	-6.78%
Firefly Neuroscience	-73.72%	-276.50%	-133.02%

Summary

LivePerson beats Firefly Neuroscience on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.