HUYA (HUYA) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) and HUYA (NYSE:HUYA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LSPD or HUYA?

HUYA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. HUYA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightspeed 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
Lightspeed Commerce	$1.01B	2.63	-$163.96M	-$0.89	-19.77
HUYA	$985.13M	0.72	-$28.81M	-$0.09	-33.89

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LSPD or HUYA?

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of HUYA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of HUYA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LSPD or HUYA?

Lightspeed Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. HUYA has a consensus target price of $5.68, suggesting a potential upside of 86.07%. Given HUYA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HUYA is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HUYA	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor LSPD or HUYA?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 1 more articles in the media than HUYA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 5 mentions for HUYA. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat HUYA's score of 0.49 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HUYA	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LSPD or HUYA?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.35, indicating that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HUYA has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSPD or HUYA?

HUYA received 233 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave HUYA an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 97 53.89%	Underperform Votes 83 46.11%
HUYA	Outperform Votes 330 62.86%	Underperform Votes 195 37.14%

Is LSPD or HUYA more profitable?

HUYA has a net margin of -2.51% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -13.56%. HUYA's return on equity of 0.30% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-13.56%	-0.10%	-0.10%
HUYA	-2.51%	0.30%	0.23%

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats HUYA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.