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Should you be buying LivePerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LivePerson include Brightcove (BCOV), DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), Marchex (MCHX), Movano (MOVE), Meta Platforms (META), SEA (SE), Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), and CoStar Group (CSGP). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
LivePerson vs. Its Competitors
LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) and Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
79.8% of LivePerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Brightcove shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of LivePerson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Brightcove shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LivePerson has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brightcove has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, LivePerson and LivePerson both had 2 articles in the media. Brightcove's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat LivePerson's score of 1.00 indicating that Brightcove is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LivePerson currently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. Brightcove has a consensus target price of $3.98, suggesting a potential downside of 10.67%. Given LivePerson's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Brightcove.
Brightcove has a net margin of -4.57% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -38.62%. Brightcove's return on equity of -9.46% beat LivePerson's return on equity.
Brightcove has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivePerson. Brightcove is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LivePerson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Brightcove beats LivePerson on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LPSN) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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