Financial Survey: Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) & ReposiTrak (NYSE:TRAK)

ReposiTrak (NYSE:TRAK) and Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

ReposiTrak has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightspeed Commerce has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.4% of ReposiTrak shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Lightspeed Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of ReposiTrak shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ReposiTrak and Lightspeed Commerce”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ReposiTrak	$22.61 million	7.86	$6.98 million	$0.37	26.41
Lightspeed Commerce	$1.19 billion	1.07	-$667.20 million	($4.62)	-2.01

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for ReposiTrak and Lightspeed Commerce, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ReposiTrak	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lightspeed Commerce	1	8	3	0	2.17

Lightspeed Commerce has a consensus price target of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 44.01%. Given Lightspeed Commerce’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lightspeed Commerce is more favorable than ReposiTrak.

Profitability

This table compares ReposiTrak and Lightspeed Commerce’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ReposiTrak	30.62%	14.52%	12.96%
Lightspeed Commerce	-58.15%	0.37%	0.34%

Summary

ReposiTrak beats Lightspeed Commerce on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ReposiTrak

Park City Group, Inc., a software-as-a-service provider, designs, develops, and markets proprietary software products in North America. The company offers ReposiTrak MarketPlace, a supplier discovery and B2B e-commerce solution; ReposiTrak Compliance and Food Safety solutions, which reduces potential regulatory and legal risk from their supply chain partners; and ReposiTrak Supply Chain solutions that enables customers to manage relationships with suppliers. It also provides ScoreTracker, Vendor Managed Inventory, Store Level Ordering and Replenishment, Enterprise Supply Chain Planning, Fresh Market Manager, and ActionManager supply chain solutions to manage inventory, product mix, and labor. In addition, the company offers business-consulting services to suppliers and retailers in the grocery, convenience store, and specialty retail industries, as well as professional consulting services. It primarily serves multi-store retail chains, wholesalers and distributors, and their suppliers. The company is headquartered in Murray, Utah.

About Lightspeed Commerce

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. engages in sale of cloud-based software subscriptions and payments solutions for small and midsize businesses, retailers, restaurants, and golf course operators in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. Its Software as a Service platform enables customers to engage with consumers, manage operations, accept payments, etc. The company's cloud platforms are designed interrelated elements, such as omni-channel consumer experience, a comprehensive back-office operations management suite to improve customers' efficiency and insight, and the facilitation of payments. Its platform functionalities include full omni-channel capabilities, point of sale (POS), product and menu management, employee and inventory management, analytics and reporting, multi-location connectivity, order-ahead and curbside pickup functionality, loyalty, and customer management solutions. The company also offers tailored financial solutions, such as Lightspeed Retail, Lightspeed eCommerce, Lightspeed Restaurant, and Lightspeed B2B solutions. In addition, it sells hardware, including tablets, customer facing displays, receipt printers, networking hardware, cash drawers, payment terminals, servers, stands, bar-code scanners, and an assortment of accessories, as well as provides installation and implementation services. The company was formerly known as Lightspeed POS Inc. and changed its name to Lightspeed Commerce Inc. in August 2021. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.