LSPD vs SHOP vs TACT Stock Comparison

Lightspeed Commerce, Shopify and Transact Technologies Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LSPD Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
$11.09 +12.4% 1M -8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.53B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
3 wins
SHOP Shopify Inc.
$168.18 +18.2% 1M -2.8% 1Y
Market cap
$217.83B
P/E
113.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.27B
Div. yield
–
E-commerce Software Technology
4 wins
TACT Transact Technologies Inc
$5.33 +9.4% 1M +12.4% 1Y
Market cap
$55.03M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$52.99M
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Shopify leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Shopify 4, Lightspeed Commerce 3, Transact Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLSPDSHOPTACTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.53B $217.83B $55.03M SHOP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.9x 113.0x -137.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.5x 89.9x — LSPD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.6% +32.5% +10.5% SHOP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.8% 14.5% -0.8% SHOP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -1.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -82.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.6% -2.8% +12.4% TACT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.5%/yr +4.3%/yr -17.7%/yr SHOP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.5% 59.1% 51.2% LSPD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 57/100 60/100 LSPD

Percentile Scorecard

LSPDSHOPTACT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLSPDSHOPTACT
Valuation 60 #37 of 90 18 #137 of 167 83 #16 of 90
Growth 94 #6 of 82 61 #60 of 153 31 #57 of 82
Profitability 40 #47 of 77 76 #38 of 153 49 #40 of 77
Financial Health 82 #18 of 96 92 #15 of 179 78 #22 of 96
Shareholder Returns 83 #10 of 54 36 #61 of 94 –
Overall 72 57 60
  • LSPD ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software
  • SHOP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • TACT ranked among 99 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLSPDSHOPTACTSPY
1 month +12.4%+18.2%+9.4% -0.8%
3 months +7.7%+32.6%+6.0% +3.5%
6 months +17.6%+35.4%+59.1% +7.0%
Year to date -8.2%+4.5%+33.3% +12.2%
1 year -8.6%-2.8%+12.4% +13.0%
3 years -10.4%+262.5%-11.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -3.6%+53.7%-3.9% +23.1%
5 years -87.9%+23.6%-62.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -34.5%+4.3%-17.7% +11.0%
10 years —+3,811.2%-23.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+44.3%-2.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLSPDSHOPTACTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.5%59.1%51.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.4%60.3%48.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.071.870.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.19-0.050.24 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.2%-84.8%-78.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.5%-6.2%-8.7% -1.8%
52-week high $13.44$179.22$5.84 $779.14
52-week low $8.37$95.40$3.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLSPDSHOPTACT
P/E now vs peer median -15.9xmedian 42.4x 113.0xmedian 17.5x -137.1xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.7x 16.4xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 196.1xmedian 19.0x 113.7xmedian 14.5x 194.2xmedian 19.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.8xmedian 19.4x 92.6xmedian 12.1x 10.5xmedian 19.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.8x 17.2xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -0.30median 1.75 —median 0.41 4.95median 1.75

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLSPDSHOPTACT
Revenue $1.24B $13.27B $52.99M
Gross profit $536.41M $6.34B $26.26M
Operating income -$115.79M $1.84B -$425.00K
Net income -$97.27M $1.93B -$400.00K
Free cash flow $49.64M $2.35B $5.23M
R&D $125.76M $1.65B $5.95M
EPS (diluted) $-0.70 $1.49 $-0.04
Cash & equivalents $372.14M $1.66B $19.39M
Total debt – – $3.00M
Shares (diluted) 139.17M 1.30B 10.29M
Enterprise value -$239.67M $195.01B -$23.67M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLSPDSHOPTACT
P/E -15.9x 113.0x -137.1x
P/FCF 30.8x 92.6x 10.5x
P/Operating cash flow 35.4x 91.6x 10.1x
P/S 1.2x 16.4x 1.0x
P/B 1.1x 17.2x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 17.2x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 196.1x 113.7x 194.2x
EV/EBIT -10.0x 115.4x -90.9x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 16.0x 0.7x
EV/FCF 23.3x 90.5x 7.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.8x 89.6x 7.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.30 – 4.95

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLSPDSHOPTACT
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.6% 32.5% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.6% – -12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.9% 28.3% 15.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.1% – -12.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 83.3% 48.5% 80.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 52.1% – -27.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 85.7% -17.8% 95.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.3% – -27.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 84.2% -17.1% 95.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.1% – -27.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 804.1% 29.7% -11.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.2% – -3.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3,659% 29.4% -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.5% – 2.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLSPDSHOPTACT
Gross margin 43.1% 47.8% 49.6%
EBITDA margin 0.5% 14.1% 0.4%
Operating margin -9.3% 13.9% -0.8%
Pretax margin -7.7% 17.6% -0.5%
Net margin -7.8% 14.5% -0.8%
FCF margin 4.0% 17.7% 9.9%
Operating cash flow margin 3.5% 17.9% 10.3%
Return on equity -6.8% 15.3% -1.2%
Return on assets -6.0% 13.5% -0.8%
Return on invested capital – – -1.2%
Return on capital employed -8.0% 14.4% -1.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.9x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x 1.2x -13.6x
Stock comp / revenue 4.5% 3.6% 3.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLSPDSHOPTACT
Debt / assets – – 5.9%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -82.3x
Debt / FCF – – 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 12.5% 12.3% 36.0%
Equity / assets 87.5% 87.7% 64.0%
Interest coverage – – -1.3x
Current ratio 3.5x 5.4x 2.7x
Quick ratio 2.4x 3.7x 1.9x
Cash ratio 2.0x 3.4x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 3.30 75.41 3.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLSPDSHOPTACT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 6.9% 0.8% –
Shareholder yield 6.9% 0.8% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLSPDSHOPTACT
Forward P/E 18.5xFY2026 89.9xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.60FY2026 $1.87FY2026 $-0.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.4%FY2026 +31.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +46.7% +26.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.22BFY2026 $15.72BFY2026 $59.30MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 +37.3%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% +14.7% -7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLSPDSHOPTACT
Held by institutions 54.9% 68.9% 38.0%
Institutions holding 108 1,704 37
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.3% +3.6% -14.2%
Institutions buying 54 788 13
Institutions selling 37 651 8
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.21 1.63

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LSPDSHOPTACT
LSPD 1.00 0.54 0.00
SHOP 0.54 1.00 0.04
TACT 0.00 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LSPD, SHOP and TACT?

Shopify (SHOP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) $1.53B, Shopify (SHOP) $217.83B, Transact Technologies (TACT) $55.03M.

Which company is growing faster?

Shopify (SHOP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) +11.6%, Shopify (SHOP) +32.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Shopify (SHOP) has the highest net margin (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -7.8%, Shopify (SHOP) 14.5%, Transact Technologies (TACT) -0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Transact Technologies (TACT) returned the most: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -8.6%, Shopify (SHOP) -2.8%, Transact Technologies (TACT) +12.4%. Over five years, Shopify (SHOP) compounded fastest (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -34.5%/yr, Shopify (SHOP) +4.3%/yr, Transact Technologies (TACT) -17.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) has been the steadiest (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 44.5%, Shopify (SHOP) 59.1%, Transact Technologies (TACT) 51.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LSPD, SHOP and TACT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Shopify (SHOP) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.