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LPSN vs. DHX, TZOO, MCHX, MOVE, META, SE, EQIX, EBAY, CSGP, and VRSN

Should you be buying LivePerson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LivePerson include DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), Marchex (MCHX), Movano (MOVE), Meta Platforms (META), SEA (SE), Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), and VeriSign (VRSN). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

LivePerson vs. Its Competitors

DHI Group (NYSE:DHX) and LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

DHI Group has a net margin of -6.97% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -62.66%. DHI Group's return on equity of 9.02% beat LivePerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DHI Group-6.97% 9.02% 4.54%
LivePerson -62.66%-190.60%-7.86%

DHI Group has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LivePerson has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DHI Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LivePerson. DHI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LivePerson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DHI Group$141.93M1.01$250K-$0.21-14.29
LivePerson$312.47M0.28-$134.27M-$2.00-0.45

DHI Group presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.00%. LivePerson has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.13%. Given DHI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe DHI Group is more favorable than LivePerson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DHI Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
LivePerson
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, LivePerson had 3 more articles in the media than DHI Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for LivePerson and 1 mentions for DHI Group. DHI Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat LivePerson's score of 0.46 indicating that DHI Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DHI Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LivePerson
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

69.3% of DHI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of LivePerson shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of DHI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LivePerson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DHI Group beats LivePerson on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LPSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LPSN vs. The Competition

MetricLivePersonINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.92M$119.84B$30.07B$9.85B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%3.16%4.49%
P/E Ratio-0.4637.46418.0026.51
Price / Sales0.2810.521,605.91161.56
Price / Cash0.6825.1734.3228.92
Price / Book-1.073.109.166.51
Net Income-$134.27M$4.40B$808.33M$266.22M
7 Day Performance-3.79%0.40%-1.46%-1.21%
1 Month Performance2.70%6.16%1.99%3.32%
1 Year Performance-19.65%33.54%24,023.82%23.49%

LivePerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPSN
LivePerson
1.8838 of 5 stars
$0.91
+2.0%
$1.00
+10.1%
-21.9%$87.92M$312.47M-0.461,540
DHX
DHI Group
3.6577 of 5 stars
$2.77
+1.8%
$4.50
+62.5%
+79.8%$132.99M$141.93M-13.19530Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.1235 of 5 stars
$9.81
+0.3%
$26.00
+165.0%
-15.4%$107.72M$87.82M11.02210
MCHX
Marchex
1.359 of 5 stars
$1.96
+0.5%
N/A+0.5%$86.59M$48.12M-17.82190
MOVE
Movano
1.0657 of 5 stars
$1.07
+73.3%
$30.00
+2,703.7%
-76.6%$7.53M$1.01M-0.2630Trending News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
META
Meta Platforms
3.8227 of 5 stars
$738.70
-1.7%
$822.41
+11.3%
+44.0%$1.86T$164.50B26.7574,067Trending News
SE
SEA
3.1665 of 5 stars
$185.64
-0.3%
$173.49
-6.5%
+133.9%$109.36B$16.82B96.1980,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EQIX
Equinix
4.9746 of 5 stars
$786.19
0.0%
$962.52
+22.4%
-8.4%$76.94B$8.75B77.0013,606Positive News
EBAY
eBay
4.4386 of 5 stars
$90.61
-2.4%
$78.89
-12.9%
+53.3%$41.41B$10.28B19.9611,500Trending News
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.9916 of 5 stars
$89.49
-0.9%
$93.25
+4.2%
+15.7%$37.91B$2.74B357.966,593News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VRSN
VeriSign
3.82 of 5 stars
$273.37
+0.5%
$277.50
+1.5%
+48.2%$25.54B$1.56B32.62920Positive News
Insider Trade

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