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$133.47 -0.62 (-0.46%)
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SPSC vs. AKAM, YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, ANGI, LQDT, OPEN, TTGT, and BCOV

Should you be buying SPS Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPS Commerce include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), TechTarget (TTGT), and Brightcove (BCOV). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

SPS Commerce vs. Its Competitors

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $101.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.18%. SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $192.56, suggesting a potential upside of 44.27%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Akamai Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akamai Technologies
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SPS Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Akamai Technologies received 586 more outperform votes than SPS Commerce when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.58% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akamai TechnologiesOutperform Votes
1232
68.18%
Underperform Votes
575
31.82%
SPS CommerceOutperform Votes
646
73.58%
Underperform Votes
232
26.42%

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akamai Technologies$3.99B2.87$504.92M$2.9726.39
SPS Commerce$637.77M7.95$77.05M$2.1462.37

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 6 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.76 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akamai Technologies
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SPS Commerce
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held 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.

Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of 11.26%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.09% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akamai Technologies11.26% 14.09% 6.59%
SPS Commerce 12.13%12.37%10.23%

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats SPS Commerce on 10 of the 19 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 SPSC 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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SPSC vs. The Competition

MetricSPS CommerceBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.07B$6.02B$12.88B$8.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%2.63%4.21%
P/E Ratio62.3721.5127.3019.17
Price / Sales7.951.9150.43109.12
Price / Cash36.8313.6123.9755.76
Price / Book5.875.015.915.76
Net Income$77.05M$150.49M$189.65M$248.88M
7 Day Performance-0.99%0.33%2.69%2.13%
1 Month Performance-8.38%-1.83%1.48%3.78%
1 Year Performance-28.29%56.31%21.65%15.59%

SPS Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.2098 of 5 stars
$133.47
-0.5%
$192.56
+44.3%
-28.3%$5.07B$637.77M62.372,783Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.4891 of 5 stars
$79.99
+3.8%
$101.25
+26.6%
-11.9%$11.70B$4.02B24.549,800Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
YELP
Yelp
3.4563 of 5 stars
$35.62
+0.6%
$34.00
-4.5%
-4.5%$2.27B$1.44B18.554,900Analyst Downgrade
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.4539 of 5 stars
$31.40
+2.0%
$47.00
+49.7%
-43.1%$1.32B$1.42B26.614,900
CMPR
Cimpress
4.6577 of 5 stars
$44.92
+4.5%
$62.50
+39.1%
-49.5%$1.12B$3.37B7.4416,000News Coverage
Positive News
QNST
QuinStreet
3.2016 of 5 stars
$15.15
+0.3%
$29.00
+91.4%
-4.0%$855.51M$1.03B-68.86790Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
ANGI
Angi
3.7025 of 5 stars
$15.74
+1.9%
$21.36
+35.7%
-21.5%$755.32M$1.13B196.774,600High Trading Volume
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8442 of 5 stars
$23.59
+0.8%
$38.50
+63.2%
+22.2%$736.50M$439.25M31.45740News Coverage
Positive News
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.6704 of 5 stars
$0.56
-3.3%
$1.55
+178.6%
-71.7%$405.49M$5.13B-1.032,570Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
TTGT
TechTarget
3.6947 of 5 stars
$7.13
+0.8%
$19.67
+175.8%
-78.0%$208.45M$284.90M-16.981,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BCOV
Brightcove
0.505 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720

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This page (NASDAQ:SPSC) was last updated on 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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