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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

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

SPS Commerce currently has a consensus price target of $192.56, suggesting a potential upside of 46.17%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $101.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.85%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Akamai Technologies.

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

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
SPS Commerce12.13% 12.37% 10.23%
Akamai Technologies 11.26%14.09%6.59%

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

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 6 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.73 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments 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
SPS Commerce$669.74M7.47$77.05M$2.1461.56
Akamai Technologies$3.99B2.83$504.92M$2.9726.05

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

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$5.00B$5.95B$15.18B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A3.03%2.70%4.02%
P/E Ratio61.5622.7028.4420.25
Price / Sales7.471.9043.7678.96
Price / Cash38.2813.8826.7758.29
Price / Book5.795.266.165.49
Net Income$77.05M$150.49M$188.45M$250.18M
7 Day Performance-6.94%-0.33%1.00%4.78%
1 Month Performance-3.29%3.56%2.89%7.20%
1 Year Performance-31.81%57.61%31.51%17.27%

SPS Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.3641 of 5 stars
$131.73
-3.1%
$192.56
+46.2%
-27.9%$5.00B$669.74M61.562,783Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.6051 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.2%
$101.25
+26.9%
-15.3%$11.66B$3.99B26.8610,700
YELP
Yelp
4.452 of 5 stars
$34.31
-0.2%
$34.00
-0.9%
-0.2%$2.19B$1.41B16.505,116
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.9055 of 5 stars
$30.27
-0.5%
$47.00
+55.3%
-27.5%$1.27B$1.40B18.353,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.2346 of 5 stars
$47.00
+0.4%
$62.50
+33.0%
-42.9%$1.17B$3.29B8.0216,000High Trading Volume
QNST
QuinStreet
3.5956 of 5 stars
$16.10
+2.3%
$29.00
+80.1%
+1.6%$909.17M$613.51M-1,608.39790
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.9424 of 5 stars
$23.59
-0.3%
$38.50
+63.2%
+25.1%$736.48M$363.32M29.86740Positive News
High Trading Volume
ANGI
Angi
3.8144 of 5 stars
$15.26
-3.2%
$21.36
+40.0%
-11.8%$732.33M$1.19B13.872,800High Trading Volume
TTGT
TechTarget
3.5424 of 5 stars
$7.77
+10.7%
$19.33
+148.8%
-77.0%$555.48M$284.90M-18.502,100High Trading Volume
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
4.4884 of 5 stars
$0.53
-4.5%
$1.55
+190.8%
-53.5%$388.50M$5.15B-1.031,470News Coverage
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
BCOV
Brightcove
0.8124 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:SPSC) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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