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Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

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LSPD vs. SHOP, VRNS, CCCS, WAY, CFLT, GDS, PATH, SOUN, CWAN, and S

Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include Shopify (SHOP), Varonis Systems (VRNS), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Waystar (WAY), Confluent (CFLT), GDS (GDS), UiPath (PATH), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Lightspeed Commerce vs. Its Competitors

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

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -61.11%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce-61.11% 0.33% 0.31%
Shopify 22.74%12.00%9.79%

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Shopify had 31 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Shopify and 5 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.90 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shopify has higher revenue and earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shopify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightspeed Commerce$1.12B1.48-$667.20M-$4.50-2.72
Shopify$10.01B18.44$2.02B$1.7979.39

Lightspeed Commerce currently has a consensus price target of $14.53, suggesting a potential upside of 18.77%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $148.51, suggesting a potential upside of 4.51%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
20 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.51

Summary

Shopify beats Lightspeed Commerce on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LSPD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LSPD vs. The Competition

MetricLightspeed CommerceINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.66B$19.12B$29.27B$20.92B
Dividend YieldN/A3.83%3.09%3.57%
P/E Ratio-2.7275.5854.6129.17
Price / Sales1.48193.901,248.6272.30
Price / Cash15.0680.0735.2023.54
Price / Book1.0817.949.605.47
Net Income-$667.20M$346.10M$805.43M$992.74M
7 Day Performance-1.25%2.71%1.71%2.68%
1 Month Performance-7.28%-2.92%-0.45%1.53%
1 Year Performance-7.35%54.99%24,034.13%10.77%

Lightspeed Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
3.323 of 5 stars
$12.24
+4.4%
$14.53
+18.8%
-6.8%$1.66B$1.12B-2.723,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SHOP
Shopify
4.1622 of 5 stars
$143.11
+1.2%
$148.51
+3.8%
+91.2%$185.67B$10.01B92.3311,600Positive News
VRNS
Varonis Systems
3.9639 of 5 stars
$58.49
+0.1%
$59.25
+1.3%
+5.1%$6.55B$550.95M-63.582,406Positive News
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
3.0597 of 5 stars
$9.72
+0.1%
$12.21
+25.7%
-8.3%$6.33B$996.96M486.242,350News Coverage
Positive News
WAY
Waystar
3.8559 of 5 stars
$36.28
+0.6%
$43.25
+19.2%
+38.1%$6.32B$943.55M75.581,500News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
CFLT
Confluent
4.1033 of 5 stars
$17.87
+0.4%
$27.36
+53.1%
-16.4%$6.16B$963.64M-19.013,060Trending News
Insider Trade
GDS
GDS
4.0678 of 5 stars
$32.23
+2.6%
$40.57
+25.9%
+105.6%$6.14B$1.41B9.892,276Trending News
Analyst Forecast
PATH
UiPath
3.2946 of 5 stars
$11.16
+1.8%
$13.83
+24.0%
-7.6%$5.97B$1.43B-92.993,868News Coverage
SOUN
SoundHound AI
1.6141 of 5 stars
$14.82
-4.9%
$13.36
-9.9%
+154.8%$5.95B$84.69M-23.52200
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
4.4489 of 5 stars
$19.67
+2.2%
$32.20
+63.7%
-14.3%$5.75B$451.80M12.371,915News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
S
SentinelOne
3.7866 of 5 stars
$16.99
+1.1%
$24.80
+46.0%
-31.0%$5.65B$821.46M-12.872,800Upcoming Earnings

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