BigCommerce (BIGC) Competitors

BigCommerce (NASDAQ:BIGC) and Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BIGC or LSPD?

Lightspeed Commerce received 38 more outperform votes than BigCommerce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.73% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 44.59% of users gave BigCommerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BigCommerce	Outperform Votes 66 44.59%	Underperform Votes 82 55.41%
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 104 50.73%	Underperform Votes 101 49.27%

Does the media refer more to BIGC or LSPD?

In the previous week, BigCommerce had 1 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BigCommerce and 6 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BigCommerce's score of 0.77 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BigCommerce	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lightspeed Commerce	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BIGC or LSPD?

BigCommerce presently has a consensus price target of $7.58, indicating a potential upside of 52.43%. Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of $14.29, indicating a potential upside of 31.96%. Given BigCommerce's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BigCommerce is more favorable than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BigCommerce	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BIGC or LSPD?

BigCommerce has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lightspeed Commerce. BigCommerce 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
BigCommerce	$334.94M	1.17	-$27.03M	-$0.27	-18.43
Lightspeed Commerce	$1.05B	1.57	-$163.96M	-$0.80	-13.53

Which has more volatility and risk, BIGC or LSPD?

BigCommerce has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BIGC or LSPD?

79.2% of BigCommerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of BigCommerce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BIGC or LSPD more profitable?

BigCommerce has a net margin of -8.12% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -11.75%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 0.61% beat BigCommerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BigCommerce	-8.12%	-52.65%	-3.51%
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	0.61%	0.57%

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats BigCommerce on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.