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LSPD vs. SHOP, GDS, PATH, S, WAY, CCCS, CWAN, OS, GLBE, and VRNS

Should you be buying Lightspeed Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightspeed Commerce include Shopify (SHOP), GDS (GDS), UiPath (PATH), SentinelOne (S), Waystar (WAY), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), OneStream (OS), Global-e Online (GLBE), and Varonis Systems (VRNS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Lightspeed Commerce vs. Its Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -61.96%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce-61.96% 0.79% 0.73%
Shopify 22.74%12.00%9.79%

68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightspeed Commerce$1.08B1.75-$667.20M-$4.38-3.13
Shopify$9.38B17.21$2.02B$1.23101.16

In the previous week, Shopify had 53 more articles in the media than Lightspeed Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Shopify and 4 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Lightspeed Commerce's score of 0.64 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Shopify
37 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lightspeed Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $14.09, suggesting a potential upside of 2.94%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $119.16, suggesting a potential downside of 4.24%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shopify beats Lightspeed Commerce on 15 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 LSPD 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 NYSE 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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LSPD vs. The Competition

MetricLightspeed CommerceINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.80B$18.67B$28.95B$21.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.02%3.60%
P/E Ratio-3.1377.0934.2328.44
Price / Sales1.7571.721,721.5658.68
Price / Cash16.8694.1238.3822.92
Price / Book1.208.767.794.69
Net Income-$667.20M$341.62M$782.91M$995.51M
7 Day Performance8.92%2.45%0.80%1.65%
1 Month Performance17.77%11.59%6.12%4.54%
1 Year Performance2.82%55.50%52,641.07%9.99%

Lightspeed Commerce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
1.5046 of 5 stars
$13.69
+4.4%
$14.09
+2.9%
+5.0%$1.80B$1.08B-3.133,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
SHOP
Shopify
4.129 of 5 stars
$128.43
+1.1%
$118.11
-8.0%
+109.4%$166.62B$9.38B82.8611,600Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
GDS
GDS
1.2933 of 5 stars
$35.74
-4.9%
$40.57
+13.5%
+242.1%$6.81B$1.41B10.962,276
PATH
UiPath
2.6031 of 5 stars
$12.49
-0.8%
$13.83
+10.8%
-0.2%$6.68B$1.43B-104.033,868News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
S
SentinelOne
3.9305 of 5 stars
$19.76
+9.7%
$24.80
+25.5%
-15.4%$6.57B$821.46M-14.972,800High Trading Volume
WAY
Waystar
4.1162 of 5 stars
$36.97
+0.7%
$42.31
+14.4%
+55.0%$6.44B$943.55M410.821,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
2.4356 of 5 stars
$9.69
-0.7%
$12.06
+24.5%
-9.0%$6.39B$969.13M484.742,350Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
3.7317 of 5 stars
$21.17
-1.6%
$31.90
+50.7%
+5.6%$6.00B$451.80M12.601,915News Coverage
OS
OneStream
3.9461 of 5 stars
$25.08
+0.4%
$32.05
+27.8%
N/A$5.99B$489.41M0.001,500Positive News
GLBE
Global-e Online
4.0063 of 5 stars
$34.39
+2.8%
$48.08
+39.8%
+0.5%$5.84B$752.76M-95.531,084Positive News
VRNS
Varonis Systems
4.2315 of 5 stars
$52.13
+1.6%
$55.78
+7.0%
+16.6%$5.83B$550.95M-64.362,406Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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