Cerence (CRNC) Competitors

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

Is LSPD or CRNC more profitable?

Lightspeed Commerce has a net margin of -11.75% compared to Cerence's net margin of -260.68%. Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity of 0.61% beat Cerence's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	0.61%	0.57%
Cerence	-260.68%	-8.66%	-2.56%

Does the media prefer LSPD or CRNC?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 6 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 1 mentions for Cerence. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Cerence's score of 0.00 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, LSPD or CRNC?

Lightspeed Commerce has higher revenue and earnings than Cerence. Lightspeed Commerce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, 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	1.60	-$163.96M	-$0.80	-13.80
Cerence	$254.25M	1.47	-$588.08M	-$8.10	-1.07

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSPD or CRNC?

Lightspeed Commerce received 14 more outperform votes than Cerence when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.22% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote while only 50.73% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 104 50.73%	Underperform Votes 101 49.27%
Cerence	Outperform Votes 90 54.22%	Underperform Votes 76 45.78%

Do analysts recommend LSPD or CRNC?

Lightspeed Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $14.29, suggesting a potential upside of 29.43%. Cerence has a consensus target price of $9.64, suggesting a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Cerence.

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
Cerence	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Which has more risk & volatility, LSPD or CRNC?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.97, suggesting that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LSPD or CRNC?

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Cerence shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Cerence shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Cerence on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.