Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (VDY) Competitors

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both mid-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is VDY or LSPD more profitable?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -15.55%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lightspeed Commerce	-15.55%	-6.24%	-3.79%

Do analysts recommend VDY or LSPD?

Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of C$29.90, suggesting a potential upside of 26.64%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VDY or LSPD?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lightspeed Commerce	C$966.28M	3.70	-C$150.27M	-C$1.34	-17.62

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VDY or LSPD?

Lightspeed Commerce received 187 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 198 68.51%	Underperform Votes 91 31.49%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VDY or LSPD?

62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VDY or LSPD?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 1 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.22 indicating that Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.