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LSPD vs. PSN, WAY, CCCS, S, GLBE, PATH, IONQ, SAIC, VERX, and OS

Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include Parsons (PSN), Waystar (WAY), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), SentinelOne (S), Global-E Online (GLBE), UiPath (PATH), IonQ (IONQ), Science Applications International (SAIC), Vertex (VERX), and Onestream (OS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Lightspeed Commerce vs.

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.

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.

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.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lightspeed CommerceOutperform Votes
101
53.16%
Underperform Votes
89
46.84%
ParsonsOutperform Votes
123
60.29%
Underperform Votes
81
39.71%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightspeed Commerce$1.05B1.44-$163.96M-$0.80-12.42
Parsons$6.75B0.97$161.15M$0.7680.49

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

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.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LSPD vs. The Competition

MetricLightspeed CommercePrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.52B$23.43B$7.38B$19.65B
Dividend YieldN/A2.05%2.52%3.75%
P/E Ratio-12.42110.5530.5933.83
Price / Sales1.4421.80163.0728.00
Price / Cash33.9386.0631.5117.54
Price / Book0.658.484.934.60
Net Income-$163.96M$436.62M$195.81M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.05%0.21%0.46%-0.05%
1 Month Performance-22.41%-5.62%-2.76%-1.94%
1 Year Performance-28.93%8.16%6.76%5.06%

Lightspeed Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
3.8516 of 5 stars
$9.94
-2.0%
$17.89
+80.1%
-28.3%$1.52B$1.05B-12.421,800Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PSN
Parsons
3.5414 of 5 stars
$59.29
+1.8%
$99.44
+67.7%
-24.7%$6.33B$6.75B78.026,180Buyback Announcement
WAY
Waystar
2.3153 of 5 stars
$36.72
+0.7%
$40.75
+11.0%
N/A$6.32B$943.55M0.001,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
3.3911 of 5 stars
$9.40
+0.9%
$13.14
+39.8%
-23.7%$6.18B$944.80M470.492,325Positive News
S
SentinelOne
3.3295 of 5 stars
$19.04
+2.8%
$26.59
+39.7%
-10.6%$6.12B$821.46M-20.252,300Insider Trade
GLBE
Global-E Online
4.3688 of 5 stars
$37.12
+2.9%
$59.08
+59.2%
+2.6%$6.10B$752.76M-84.36470Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PATH
UiPath
3.0374 of 5 stars
$10.89
+0.0%
$14.53
+33.5%
-50.5%$5.98B$1.43B-68.034,010Analyst Forecast
IONQ
IonQ
2.4689 of 5 stars
$25.18
+0.7%
$44.80
+77.9%
+172.2%$5.61B$43.07M-31.09100Short Interest ↑
SAIC
Science Applications International
4.3408 of 5 stars
$111.85
+7.1%
$136.11
+21.7%
-14.0%$5.47B$7.38B18.8624,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
VERX
Vertex
4.2044 of 5 stars
$34.43
+2.5%
$50.00
+45.2%
+18.3%$5.45B$666.78M191.261,300
OS
Onestream
3.5085 of 5 stars
$21.91
+3.8%
$35.11
+60.3%
N/A$5.23B$489.41M0.001,300
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This page (NYSE:LSPD) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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