Sezzle (SEZL) Competitors

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SEZL or LYFT?

Sezzle has a beta of 9.09, indicating that its stock price is 809% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SEZL or LYFT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than Sezzle. Sezzle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Sezzle	$271.13M	5.37	$7.10M	$13.10	19.70
Lyft	$5.79B	0.89	$22.78M	$0.06	205.28

Does the media favor SEZL or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 33 more articles in the media than Sezzle. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Lyft and 4 mentions for Sezzle. Sezzle's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lyft's score of 0.34 indicating that Sezzle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sezzle	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEZL or LYFT?

Lyft received 309 more outperform votes than Sezzle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sezzle an outperform vote while only 51.37% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sezzle	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Lyft	Outperform Votes 319 51.37%	Underperform Votes 302 48.63%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SEZL or LYFT?

2.0% of Sezzle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. 57.7% of Sezzle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEZL or LYFT more profitable?

Sezzle has a net margin of 25.29% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.39%. Sezzle's return on equity of 101.18% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sezzle	25.29%	101.18%	18.90%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Do analysts prefer SEZL or LYFT?

Sezzle currently has a consensus target price of $368.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.76%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $17.03, indicating a potential upside of 38.28%. Given Sezzle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sezzle is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sezzle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Lyft	0 Sell rating(s)	26 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Summary

Sezzle beats Lyft on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.