LSPD vs. DSG, OTEX, KXS, LWRK, ENGH, DCBO, CMG, DND, TCS, and SYZ
Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include The Descartes Systems Group (DSG), Open Text (OTEX), Kinaxis (KXS), LifeWorks (LWRK), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Dye & Durham (DND), Tecsys (TCS), and Sylogist (SYZ). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
The Descartes Systems Group received 172 more outperform votes than Lightspeed Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.51% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
86.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of C$89.67, indicating a potential downside of 33.71%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus target price of C$26.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of -18.03%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 9.92% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.67, meaning that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 5 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.08 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group and Lightspeed Commerce tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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