LPSN vs. DHX, TZOO, BCOV, MCHX, MOVE, CLDR, QLYS, SPSC, TWLO, and NUAN
Should you be buying LivePerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LivePerson include DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), Brightcove (BCOV), Marchex (MCHX), Movano (MOVE), Cloudera (CLDR), Qualys (QLYS), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Twilio (TWLO), and Nuance Communications (NUAN).
DHI Group (NYSE:DHX) and LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) 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 dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, LivePerson had 1 more articles in the media than DHI Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LivePerson and 4 mentions for DHI Group. DHI Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat LivePerson's score of 0.74 indicating that LivePerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DHI Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LivePerson. LivePerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DHI Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.3% of DHI Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of LivePerson shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of DHI Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of LivePerson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
LivePerson received 170 more outperform votes than DHI Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.37% of users gave LivePerson an outperform vote while only 53.99% of users gave DHI Group an outperform vote.
DHI Group currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 241.46%. LivePerson has a consensus price target of $1.38, indicating a potential upside of 102.74%. Given LivePerson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DHI Group is more favorable than LivePerson.
DHI Group has a net margin of 1.02% compared to DHI Group's net margin of -31.27%. LivePerson's return on equity of 5.72% beat DHI Group's return on equity.
DHI Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LivePerson has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DHI Group beats LivePerson on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LPSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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