Bandwidth (BAND) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LPSN or BAND?

79.8% of LivePerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of LivePerson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are held 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, LPSN or BAND?

Bandwidth has higher revenue and earnings than LivePerson. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LivePerson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LivePerson	$401.98M	0.17	-$100.43M	-$1.53	-0.51
Bandwidth	$601.12M	0.85	-$16.34M	-$0.93	-19.97

Does the media prefer LPSN or BAND?

In the previous week, Bandwidth had 1 more articles in the media than LivePerson. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bandwidth and 6 mentions for LivePerson. Bandwidth's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat LivePerson's score of -0.07 indicating that Bandwidth 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bandwidth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LPSN or BAND?

LivePerson received 58 more outperform votes than Bandwidth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.40% of users gave Bandwidth an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave LivePerson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LivePerson	Outperform Votes 482 57.86%	Underperform Votes 351 42.14%
Bandwidth	Outperform Votes 424 58.40%	Underperform Votes 302 41.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, LPSN or BAND?

LivePerson has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bandwidth has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend LPSN or BAND?

LivePerson currently has a consensus price target of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 60.94%. Bandwidth has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 52.58%. Given LivePerson's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Bandwidth.

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
Bandwidth	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is LPSN or BAND more profitable?

Bandwidth has a net margin of -2.23% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -18.72%. Bandwidth's return on equity of -0.89% beat LivePerson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LivePerson	-18.72%	-111.48%	-6.78%
Bandwidth	-2.23%	-0.89%	-0.26%

Summary

Bandwidth beats LivePerson on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.