Blackline Safety (BLN) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) and Blackline Safety (TSE:BLN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LSPD or BLN?

62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Blackline Safety shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of Blackline Safety shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LSPD or BLN?

Lightspeed Commerce received 46 more outperform votes than Blackline Safety when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 62.70% of users gave Blackline Safety an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 204 68.00%	Underperform Votes 96 32.00%
Blackline Safety	Outperform Votes 158 62.70%	Underperform Votes 94 37.30%

Does the media prefer LSPD or BLN?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 4 more articles in the media than Blackline Safety. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 0 mentions for Blackline Safety. Blackline Safety's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of -0.49 indicating that Blackline Safety is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	Neutral
Blackline Safety	Neutral

Do analysts rate LSPD or BLN?

Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus price target of C$18.30, indicating a potential upside of 42.19%. Blackline Safety has a consensus price target of C$7.39, indicating a potential upside of 16.61%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Blackline Safety.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Blackline Safety	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is LSPD or BLN more profitable?

Blackline Safety has a net margin of -9.90% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -11.75%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of -5.25% beat Blackline Safety's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	-5.25%	-3.79%
Blackline Safety	-9.90%	-29.94%	-8.43%

Which has better valuation and earnings, LSPD or BLN?

Blackline Safety has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Blackline Safety 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	C$740.40M	1.89	-C$86.99M	-C$1.13	-11.44
Blackline Safety	C$140.79M	3.80	-C$13.93M	-C$0.16	-38.59

Which has more risk & volatility, LSPD or BLN?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackline Safety has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Blackline Safety on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.