LSPD vs. SAP, BB, DH, VDY, DCBO, PD, ABST, U, AI, and DV
Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include Saputo (SAP), BlackBerry (BB), DH (DH), Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY), Docebo (DCBO), Precision Drilling (PD), Absolute Software (ABST), Uranium Participation (U), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), and Dolly Varden Silver (DV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Lightspeed Commerce vs.
Saputo (TSE:SAP) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Saputo has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -15.55%. Saputo's return on equity of 3.72% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.
24.8% of Saputo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of Saputo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Saputo has higher revenue and earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saputo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Saputo currently has a consensus price target of C$32.94, indicating a potential upside of 44.08%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of C$29.90, indicating a potential upside of 42.25%. Given Saputo's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Saputo is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.
Saputo received 250 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Saputo had 10 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Saputo and 1 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Saputo's score of -0.27 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Saputo has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Saputo beats Lightspeed Commerce on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LSPD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
