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

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

LivePerson vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, LivePerson had 1 more articles in the media than Brightcove. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for LivePerson and 0 mentions for Brightcove. LivePerson's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Brightcove's score of 0.00 indicating that LivePerson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
LivePerson Very Positive
Brightcove Neutral

LivePerson has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brightcove has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Brightcove has a net margin of -4.57% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -38.62%. Brightcove's return on equity of -9.46% beat LivePerson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LivePerson-38.62% -190.60% -5.01%
Brightcove -4.57%-9.46%-4.20%

LivePerson presently has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Brightcove has a consensus target price of $3.98, suggesting a potential downside of 10.67%. Given LivePerson's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Brightcove.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LivePerson
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Brightcove
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

79.8% of LivePerson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.1% of Brightcove shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of LivePerson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Brightcove shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Brightcove has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivePerson. Brightcove 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
LivePerson$312.47M0.30-$134.27M-$2.16-0.46
Brightcove$201.19M1.00-$22.89M-$0.21-21.19

Summary

Brightcove beats LivePerson on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$92.82M$95.37B$26.98B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.84%2.94%4.13%
P/E Ratio-0.4636.3835.8019.82
Price / Sales0.3021.222,110.19110.66
Price / Cash0.6824.1133.8927.49
Price / Book-1.333.017.015.39
Net Income-$134.27M$4.40B$762.33M$248.34M
7 Day Performance30.46%1.43%1.79%1.25%
1 Month Performance40.79%1.41%5.95%5.41%
1 Year Performance71.11%24.70%52,172.13%18.07%

LivePerson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPSN
LivePerson
0.5239 of 5 stars
$1.00
-0.9%
$1.00
-0.1%
+74.0%$92.82M$312.47M-0.461,540Positive News
BCOV
Brightcove
0.511 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.0221 of 5 stars
$12.27
+0.2%
$25.67
+109.2%
+67.7%$136.20M$83.90M12.27210News Coverage
Insider Trade
DHX
DHI Group
3.5271 of 5 stars
$2.71
+5.9%
$5.25
+93.7%
+42.6%$132.11M$141.93M-15.94530
MCHX
Marchex
1.4948 of 5 stars
$2.11
-0.5%
N/A+42.2%$92.23M$48.12M-16.23190
MOVE
Movano
2.8049 of 5 stars
$0.69
+3.0%
$30.00
+4,256.7%
-83.5%$4.85M$1.01M-0.1730Trending News
Gap Up
META
Meta Platforms
3.9111 of 5 stars
$698.53
+2.4%
$710.00
+1.6%
+46.4%$1.76T$164.50B27.2474,067Trending News
Insider Trade
SE
SEA
2.4595 of 5 stars
$153.58
+0.1%
$147.15
-4.2%
+124.4%$90.48B$16.82B108.1680,700Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
EQIX
Equinix
4.7563 of 5 stars
$889.98
+0.8%
$1,004.80
+12.9%
+5.1%$87.06B$8.75B92.5113,606Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.3711 of 5 stars
$76.86
-1.0%
$67.73
-11.9%
+38.6%$35.43B$10.31B18.3011,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.486 of 5 stars
$80.04
+0.5%
$87.69
+9.6%
+8.4%$33.77B$2.74B276.006,593

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This page (NASDAQ:LPSN) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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