SPS Commerce (SPSC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPSC or QLYS?

Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Qualys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS 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
SPS Commerce	$536.91M	12.34	$65.82M	$1.83	97.80
Qualys	$554.46M	11.02	$151.60M	$4.04	40.91

Do analysts prefer SPSC or QLYS?

SPS Commerce currently has a consensus price target of $196.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.83%. Qualys has a consensus price target of $154.57, indicating a potential downside of 6.48%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Qualys.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Qualys	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPSC or QLYS?

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Qualys shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, SPSC or QLYS?

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPSC or QLYS?

SPS Commerce received 114 more outperform votes than Qualys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.73% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPS Commerce	Outperform Votes 626 73.73%	Underperform Votes 223 26.27%
Qualys	Outperform Votes 512 59.95%	Underperform Votes 342 40.05%

Is SPSC or QLYS more profitable?

Qualys has a net margin of 27.34% compared to SPS Commerce's net margin of 12.23%. Qualys' return on equity of 49.06% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPS Commerce	12.23%	12.06%	9.76%
Qualys	27.34%	49.06%	20.56%

Does the media favor SPSC or QLYS?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 21 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for SPS Commerce and 9 mentions for Qualys. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Qualys' score of 0.62 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Qualys	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Qualys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.