Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, LSPD or PSN?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LSPD or PSN?

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Parsons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LSPD or PSN more profitable?

Parsons has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -11.75%. Parsons' return on equity of 12.82% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	0.61%	0.57%
Parsons	1.30%	12.82%	5.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LSPD or PSN?

Parsons received 22 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.29% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 53.16% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 101 53.16%	Underperform Votes 89 46.84%
Parsons	Outperform Votes 123 60.29%	Underperform Votes 81 39.71%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LSPD or PSN?

Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, 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	$1.05B	1.44	-$163.96M	-$0.80	-12.42
Parsons	$6.75B	0.97	$161.15M	$0.76	80.49

Does the media refer more to LSPD or PSN?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 8 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 12 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.14 indicating that Parsons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Parsons	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer LSPD or PSN?

Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus target price of $17.89, suggesting a potential upside of 80.10%. Parsons has a consensus target price of $99.44, suggesting a potential upside of 62.57%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Parsons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Parsons	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Parsons beats Lightspeed Commerce on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.