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$0.41 -0.03 (-6.18%)
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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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

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%N/A -7.86%

In the previous week, DHI Group had 1 more articles in the media than LivePerson. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DHI Group and 7 mentions for LivePerson. LivePerson's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat DHI Group's score of 0.61 indicating that LivePerson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

DHI Group presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 108.04%. LivePerson has a consensus price target of $1.00, indicating a potential upside of 145.76%. Given LivePerson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LivePerson is more favorable than DHI Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DHI Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
LivePerson
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

DHI Group has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LivePerson has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% 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$141.93M0.73$250K-$0.21-10.30
LivePerson$312.47M0.13-$134.27M-$2.00-0.20

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DHI Group beats LivePerson on 11 of the 16 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$41.91M$125.59B$33.01B$10.63B
Dividend YieldN/A1.99%3.17%4.71%
P/E Ratio-0.2041.10490.7626.58
Price / Sales0.1312.131,664.33132.58
Price / Cash0.3225.6938.1862.09
Price / Book-0.543.247.416.53
Net Income-$134.27M$4.40B$820.34M$276.43M
7 Day Performance-20.25%-5.37%-0.86%-0.88%
1 Month Performance-57.17%-7.31%4.63%3.55%
1 Year Performance-65.22%22.49%23,955.55%37.91%

LivePerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPSN
LivePerson
2.1685 of 5 stars
$0.41
-6.2%
$1.00
+145.8%
-62.3%$41.91M$312.47M-0.201,540Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DHX
DHI Group
4.022 of 5 stars
$2.50
-6.4%
$4.50
+80.0%
+25.8%$128.19M$141.93M-11.90530News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.2018 of 5 stars
$9.99
+0.3%
$21.50
+115.2%
-19.9%$109.37M$83.90M11.22210Positive News
MCHX
Marchex
2.2803 of 5 stars
$1.81
-0.2%
N/A+3.7%$79.96M$48.12M-16.42190News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MOVE
Movano
0.8898 of 5 stars
$0.69
+0.4%
N/A-86.7%$5.74M$1.01M-0.1730Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
META
Meta Platforms
4.4452 of 5 stars
$715.66
+0.7%
$830.02
+16.0%
+20.8%$1.79T$178.80B25.9174,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SE
SEA
2.4849 of 5 stars
$189.89
+2.7%
$176.85
-6.9%
+89.1%$108.93B$16.82B98.3980,700
EQIX
Equinix
4.8921 of 5 stars
$789.84
+1.4%
$960.65
+21.6%
-8.0%$76.21B$8.75B77.3613,606Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.2624 of 5 stars
$91.77
-0.4%
$81.11
-11.6%
+34.1%$42.12B$10.28B20.2111,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
CSGP
CoStar Group
3.9436 of 5 stars
$81.15
-4.3%
$94.15
+16.0%
+1.0%$35.93B$2.74B324.606,593Analyst Forecast
VRSN
VeriSign
3.7349 of 5 stars
$270.78
-0.8%
$277.50
+2.5%
+39.6%$25.50B$1.56B32.31920Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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