Blucora (BCOR) Competitors

Blucora (NASDAQ:BCOR) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BCOR or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Blucora. Blucora 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
Blucora	$885.20M	1.91	$7.76M	$0.56	62.72
SPS Commerce	$637.77M	8.28	$77.05M	$2.14	64.94

Do analysts rate BCOR or SPSC?

SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $191.30, suggesting a potential upside of 37.65%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Blucora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blucora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
SPS Commerce	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Is BCOR or SPSC more profitable?

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Blucora's net margin of 3.12%. Blucora's return on equity of 15.60% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blucora	3.12%	15.60%	5.29%
SPS Commerce	12.13%	12.37%	10.23%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BCOR or SPSC?

92.4% of Blucora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Blucora shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce 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.

Does the media refer more to BCOR or SPSC?

In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 11 more articles in the media than Blucora. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SPS Commerce and 0 mentions for Blucora. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Blucora's score of 0.25 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blucora	Neutral
SPS Commerce	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, BCOR or SPSC?

Blucora has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Blucora on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.