Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

Saputo (TSE:SAP) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SAP or LSPD?

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SAP or LSPD?

Saputo presently has a consensus target price of C$34.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.69%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus target price of C$28.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given Saputo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Saputo is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Saputo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SAP or LSPD?

Saputo received 249 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 62.00% of users gave Saputo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Saputo	Outperform Votes 447 62.00%	Underperform Votes 274 38.00%
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 198 68.51%	Underperform Votes 91 31.49%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SAP or LSPD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Saputo	C$17.74B	0.62	C$266M	C$0.63	41.27
Lightspeed Commerce	C$966.28M	3.86	-C$150.27M	-C$1.34	-18.37

Is SAP or LSPD more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Saputo	1.50%	3.72%	4.11%
Lightspeed Commerce	-15.55%	-6.24%	-3.79%

Does the media refer more to SAP or LSPD?

In the previous week, Saputo had 4 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Saputo and 1 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Saputo's score of 0.00 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SAP or LSPD?

Saputo has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Saputo beats Lightspeed Commerce on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.