Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LSPD or CFLT?

Lightspeed Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Confluent 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	$909.27M	2.50	-$163.96M	-$1.07	-13.88
Confluent	$776.95M	11.39	-$442.75M	-$1.25	-22.28

Does the media prefer LSPD or CFLT?

In the previous week, Confluent had 18 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Confluent and 4 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Confluent's score of 0.85 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Confluent	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LSPD or CFLT?

Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $18.78, suggesting a potential upside of 26.41%. Confluent has a consensus price target of $33.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Confluent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Confluent	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more volatility & risk, LSPD or CFLT?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LSPD or CFLT?

Lightspeed Commerce received 6 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.90% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 90 55.90%	Underperform Votes 71 44.10%
Confluent	Outperform Votes 84 46.15%	Underperform Votes 98 53.85%

Is LSPD or CFLT more profitable?

Lightspeed Commerce has a net margin of -18.03% compared to Confluent's net margin of -46.73%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of -2.02% beat Confluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-18.03%	-2.02%	-1.89%
Confluent	-46.73%	-40.55%	-13.56%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LSPD or CFLT?

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Confluent on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.