SPS Commerce (SPSC) Competitors

SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is SPSC or AKAM more profitable?

Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 12.65% compared to SPS Commerce's net margin of 12.08%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.35% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPS Commerce	12.08%	12.27%	10.10%
Akamai Technologies	12.65%	14.35%	6.74%

Does the media refer more to SPSC or AKAM?

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 22 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 14 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.57 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Akamai Technologies	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SPSC or AKAM?

SPS Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $199.89, suggesting a potential upside of 53.55%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $105.55, suggesting a potential upside of 42.35%. Given SPS Commerce's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Akamai Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Akamai Technologies	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has more risk & volatility, SPSC or AKAM?

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPSC or AKAM?

Akamai Technologies received 586 more outperform votes than SPS Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.60% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 68.37% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 644 73.60%	Underperform Votes 231 26.40%
Akamai Technologies	Outperform Votes 1230 68.37%	Underperform Votes 569 31.63%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPSC or AKAM?

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, 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
SPS Commerce	$637.77M	7.76	$77.05M	$2.04	63.81
Akamai Technologies	$3.99B	2.71	$504.92M	$3.26	22.75

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SPSC or AKAM?

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats SPS Commerce on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.