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SPSC vs. AKAM, YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, LQDT, ANGI, TTGT, OPEN, 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), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), 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 internet software & services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$3.99B2.95$504.92M$2.9727.15
SPS Commerce$637.77M8.26$77.05M$2.1464.83

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%

Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $101.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.57%. SPS Commerce has a consensus target price of $192.56, indicating a potential upside of 38.80%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 5 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 1.04 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SPS Commerce
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats SPS Commerce on 9 of the 17 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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SPSC vs. The Competition

MetricSPS CommerceBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.27B$5.98B$12.95B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%2.71%4.03%
P/E Ratio64.8322.8428.8620.17
Price / Sales8.261.9639.35124.59
Price / Cash37.9113.9126.6257.86
Price / Book6.105.256.215.62
Net Income$77.05M$150.49M$188.52M$248.50M
7 Day Performance-0.86%0.76%1.79%5.54%
1 Month Performance-1.69%4.99%2.79%7.52%
1 Year Performance-25.39%67.12%39.51%22.06%

SPS Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.7787 of 5 stars
$138.73
-0.7%
$192.56
+38.8%
-26.4%$5.27B$637.77M64.832,783Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7889 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.2%
$101.25
+26.9%
-13.2%$11.66B$3.99B26.8610,700Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.6051 of 5 stars
$34.31
-0.2%
$34.00
-0.9%
-4.8%$2.19B$1.41B16.505,116
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.6021 of 5 stars
$30.27
-0.5%
$47.00
+55.3%
-37.4%$1.27B$1.40B18.353,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.1986 of 5 stars
$47.00
+0.4%
$62.50
+33.0%
-46.3%$1.17B$3.29B8.0216,000High Trading Volume
QNST
QuinStreet
3.1267 of 5 stars
$16.10
+2.3%
$29.00
+80.1%
-0.6%$909.17M$613.51M-1,608.39790
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8994 of 5 stars
$23.59
-0.3%
$38.50
+63.2%
+23.4%$736.48M$363.32M29.86740High Trading Volume
ANGI
Angi
3.8039 of 5 stars
$15.26
-3.2%
$21.36
+40.0%
-13.0%$732.33M$1.19B13.872,800High Trading Volume
TTGT
TechTarget
3.9359 of 5 stars
$7.77
+10.7%
$19.33
+148.8%
-77.9%$555.48M$284.90M-18.502,100High Trading Volume
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
4.1152 of 5 stars
$0.53
-4.5%
$1.55
+190.8%
-59.6%$388.50M$5.15B-1.031,470News Coverage
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BCOV
Brightcove
0.536 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 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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