LivePerson (LPSN) Competitors

Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) and LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

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

27.4% of Travelzoo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of LivePerson shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Travelzoo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of LivePerson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TZOO or LPSN?

Travelzoo presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.85%. LivePerson has a consensus target price of $1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 47.60%. Given LivePerson's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Travelzoo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelzoo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
LivePerson	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TZOO or LPSN?

LivePerson received 106 more outperform votes than Travelzoo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave Travelzoo an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave LivePerson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelzoo	Outperform Votes 376 67.87%	Underperform Votes 178 32.13%
LivePerson	Outperform Votes 482 57.86%	Underperform Votes 351 42.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, TZOO or LPSN?

Travelzoo has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LivePerson has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TZOO or LPSN?

Travelzoo has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travelzoo	$84.37M	2.79	$12.37M	$1.07	18.66
LivePerson	$334.74M	0.23	-$100.43M	-$1.53	-0.55

Does the media favor TZOO or LPSN?

In the previous week, LivePerson had 3 more articles in the media than Travelzoo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LivePerson and 1 mentions for Travelzoo. Travelzoo's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat LivePerson's score of 0.00 indicating that Travelzoo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelzoo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LivePerson	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TZOO or LPSN more profitable?

Travelzoo has a net margin of 16.67% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -18.72%. Travelzoo's return on equity of 210.54% beat LivePerson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelzoo	16.67%	210.54%	25.64%
LivePerson	-18.72%	-111.48%	-6.78%

Summary

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