Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VDY or LSPD?

Lightspeed Commerce received 193 more outperform votes than Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF an outperform vote while only 68.00% of users gave Lightspeed Commerce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Lightspeed Commerce	Outperform Votes 204 68.00%	Underperform Votes 96 32.00%

Does the media prefer VDY or LSPD?

In the previous week, Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF and Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF both had 3 articles in the media. Lightspeed Commerce's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF's score of 0.13 indicating that Lightspeed Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer VDY or LSPD?

Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus target price of C$18.30, indicating a potential upside of 36.36%. Given Lightspeed Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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
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
Lightspeed Commerce	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VDY or LSPD?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lightspeed Commerce	C$740.40M	1.97	-C$86.99M	-C$1.13	-11.92

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

62.8% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is VDY or LSPD 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
Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lightspeed Commerce	-11.75%	-5.25%	-3.79%

Summary

Lightspeed Commerce beats Vanguard FTSE Canadian High Dividend Yield Index ETF on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.