LifeSpeak - LSPK Competitors

LifeSpeak (TSE:LSPK) and Acceleware (CVE:AXE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is LSPK or AXE more profitable?

Acceleware has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LifeSpeak's net margin of -76.79%. Acceleware's return on equity of 0.00% beat LifeSpeak's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LifeSpeak	-76.79%	-53.33%	-10.78%
Acceleware	N/A	N/A	-82.70%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LSPK or AXE?

2.2% of LifeSpeak shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of LifeSpeak shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Acceleware 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LSPK or AXE?

Acceleware received 54 more outperform votes than LifeSpeak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave Acceleware an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave LifeSpeak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LifeSpeak	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 11 100.00%
Acceleware	Outperform Votes 54 71.05%	Underperform Votes 22 28.95%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LSPK or AXE?

Acceleware has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LifeSpeak. Acceleware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LifeSpeak, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LifeSpeak	C$40.45 million	0.82	-C$31.06 million	-C$0.64	-1.02
Acceleware	C$342.27 thousand	84.05	-C$5.14 million	-C$0.07	-3.57

Does the media refer more to LSPK or AXE?

In the previous week, LifeSpeak and LifeSpeak both had 1 articles in the media. LifeSpeak's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Acceleware's score of -0.10 indicating that LifeSpeak is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LifeSpeak	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Acceleware	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate LSPK or AXE?

LifeSpeak currently has a consensus price target of C$1.94, indicating a potential upside of 198.46%. Given LifeSpeak's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe LifeSpeak is more favorable than Acceleware.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LifeSpeak	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Acceleware	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

LifeSpeak beats Acceleware on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.