SPS Commerce (SPSC) Competitors

New Relic (NYSE:NEWR) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NEWR or SPSC?

SPS Commerce received 54 more outperform votes than New Relic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.70% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 69.53% of users gave New Relic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New Relic	Outperform Votes 582 69.53%	Underperform Votes 255 30.47%
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 636 73.70%	Underperform Votes 227 26.30%

Do analysts prefer NEWR or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $223.63, indicating a potential upside of 24.33%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than New Relic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Relic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NEWR or SPSC?

85.9% of New Relic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of New Relic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NEWR or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New Relic. New Relic 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
New Relic	$925.63M	6.67	-$180.25M	-$2.09	-41.62
SPS Commerce	$536.91M	12.59	$65.82M	$2.09	86.06

Is NEWR or SPSC more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.83% compared to New Relic's net margin of -14.92%. SPS Commerce's return on equity of 12.60% beat New Relic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Relic	-14.92%	-12.82%	-4.02%
SPS Commerce	12.83%	12.60%	10.31%

Does the media prefer NEWR or SPSC?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than New Relic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SPS Commerce and 2 mentions for New Relic. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat New Relic's score of 0.32 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New Relic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SPS Commerce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, NEWR or SPSC?

New Relic has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SPS Commerce beats New Relic on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.