Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

Lightspeed Commerce (TSE:LSPD) and Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF (TSE:VDY) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend LSPD or VDY?

Lightspeed Commerce currently has a consensus target price of C$18.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.60%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LSPD or VDY?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lightspeed Commerce.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lightspeed Commerce	C$1.12B	1.97	-C$86.99M	-C$4.46	-3.64
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is LSPD or VDY more profitable?

Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightspeed Commerce's net margin of -11.75%. Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightspeed Commerce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	-5.25%	-3.79%
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LSPD or VDY?

34.5% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, LSPD or VDY?

Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 2.322358, meaning that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF has a beta of 0.80918, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LSPD or VDY?

In the previous week, Lightspeed Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lightspeed Commerce and 0 mentions for Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lightspeed Commerce	Neutral
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Neutral

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.