Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) and Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, LSPD or CCSI?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consensus Cloud Solutions has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LSPD or CCSI?

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Consensus Cloud Solutions 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.

Do analysts prefer LSPD or CCSI?

Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $14.29, suggesting a potential upside of 45.79%. Consensus Cloud Solutions has a consensus price target of $27.40, suggesting a potential upside of 37.97%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Consensus Cloud Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Consensus Cloud Solutions	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSPD or CCSI?

Lightspeed Commerce received 89 more outperform votes than Consensus Cloud Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.73% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Consensus Cloud Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 104 50.73%	Underperform Votes 101 49.27%
Consensus Cloud Solutions	Outperform Votes 15 45.45%	Underperform Votes 18 54.55%

Does the media favor LSPD or CCSI?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 5 more articles in the media than Consensus Cloud Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 3 mentions for Consensus Cloud Solutions. Consensus Cloud Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.08 indicating that Consensus Cloud Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Consensus Cloud Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LSPD or CCSI more profitable?

Consensus Cloud Solutions has a net margin of 25.52% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -11.75%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 0.61% beat Consensus Cloud Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	0.61%	0.57%
Consensus Cloud Solutions	25.52%	-83.93%	15.35%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LSPD or CCSI?

Consensus Cloud Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lightspeed Commerce. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consensus Cloud Solutions, 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	$1.05B	1.42	-$163.96M	-$0.80	-12.25
Consensus Cloud Solutions	$350.38M	1.11	$77.29M	$4.62	4.30

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Consensus Cloud Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.