LSPD vs TOST vs UPST Stock Comparison

Lightspeed Commerce, Toast and Upstart Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LSPD Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
$10.88 +10.2% 1M -14.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.50B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.24B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
4 wins
TOST Toast, Inc.
$31.76 +3.8% 1M -18.3% 1Y
Market cap
$18.33B
P/E
37.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.80B
Div. yield
–
Restaurant and Retail Software Technology
4 wins
UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc.
$23.71 -0.4% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.31B
P/E
38.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25B
Div. yield
–
Digital Lending Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionLSPDTOSTUPSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.50B $18.33B $2.31B TOST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.6x 37.8x 38.0x TOST
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x 24.1x 34.4x LSPD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.6% +23.0% +48.6% UPST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.8% 7.1% 4.8% TOST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 1.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 20.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.0% -18.3% -55.0% LSPD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -35.6%/yr -9.8%/yr -41.0%/yr TOST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.5% 48.0% 65.2% LSPD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 70/100 50/100 LSPD

Percentile Scorecard

LSPDTOSTUPST

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

AxisLSPDTOSTUPST
Valuation 61 #35 of 89 50 #45 of 89 50 #50 of 99
Growth 94 #6 of 81 98 #3 of 81 75 #24 of 94
Profitability 40 #46 of 76 65 #27 of 76 49 #46 of 90
Financial Health 83 #17 of 94 72 #27 of 94 9 #96 of 105
Shareholder Returns 84 #9 of 51 66 #18 of 51 67 #21 of 61
Overall 72 70 50
  • LSPD ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • TOST ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • UPST ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLSPDTOSTUPSTSPY
1 month +10.2%+3.8%-0.4% -0.2%
3 months +1.5%-1.7%-14.8% +3.9%
6 months +20.4%+9.6%-27.8% +8.2%
Year to date -9.9%-10.6%-45.8% +12.9%
1 year -14.0%-18.3%-55.0% +12.3%
3 years -12.1%+101.4%+3.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year -4.2%+26.3%+1.0% +23.3%
5 years -88.9%-40.1%-92.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -35.6%-9.8%-41.0% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureLSPDTOSTUPSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.5%48.0%65.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.3%52.9%68.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.061.062.92 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.31-0.38-0.84 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.2%-80.6%-96.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.0%-18.6%-55.0% -1.2%
52-week high $13.44$39.02$52.74 $779.14
52-week low $8.37$22.33$22.74 $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.

MultipleLSPDTOSTUPST
P/E now vs peer median -15.6xmedian 40.1x 37.8xmedian 40.1x 38.0xmedian 20.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 2.5x 2.7xmedian 2.5x 1.9xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 191.2xmedian 18.5x 28.7xmedian 18.5x 51.2xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 20.1x 31.8xmedian 20.1x -8.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.8x 9.0xmedian 1.8x 2.9xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median -0.29median 1.73 0.81median 1.73 1.29median 1.03

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 monthsLSPDTOSTUPST
Revenue $1.24B $6.80B $1.25B
Gross profit $536.41M $1.82B $1.03B
Operating income -$115.79M $431.00M $49.71M
Net income -$97.27M $486.00M $60.33M
Free cash flow $49.64M $576.00M -$289.05M
R&D $125.76M $405.00M $304.91M
EPS (diluted) $-0.70 $0.82 $0.55
Cash & equivalents $372.14M $1.02B $455.96M
Total debt – – $2.00B
Shares (diluted) 139.17M 590.00M 109.72M
Enterprise value -$268.60M $10.99B $236.08M

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
MetricLSPDTOSTUPST
P/E -15.6x 37.8x 38.0x
P/FCF 30.2x 31.8x -8.0x
P/Operating cash flow 34.7x 28.9x -8.1x
P/S 1.2x 2.7x 1.9x
P/B 1.1x 9.0x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 9.0x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 191.2x 28.7x 51.2x
EV/EBIT -9.7x 38.5x 77.5x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 2.4x 3.1x
EV/FCF 22.7x 28.8x -13.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.1x 26.2x -13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.29 0.81 1.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLSPDTOSTUPST
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.6% 23.0% 48.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 27.1% 27.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.9% 30.5% 53.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.1% 38.1% 33.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 83.3% 128.0% 199.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 52.1% 47.5% 29.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 85.7% 117.0% 1,050%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 54.3% 48.7% 30.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 84.2% 122.5% 990.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.1% 46.7% 29.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 804.1% 13.8% -335.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.2% 106.7% -13.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3,659% 13.4% -341.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.5% 82.9% -13.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLSPDTOSTUPST
Gross margin 43.1% 26.7% 82.5%
EBITDA margin 0.5% 8.5% 6.0%
Operating margin -9.3% 6.3% 4.0%
Pretax margin -7.7% 7.3% 4.9%
Net margin -7.8% 7.1% 4.8%
FCF margin 4.0% 8.5% -23.2%
Operating cash flow margin 3.5% 9.3% -22.8%
Return on equity -6.8% 24.1% 7.9%
Return on assets -6.0% 15.5% 2.0%
Return on invested capital – – 1.8%
Return on capital employed -8.0% 21.2% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 2.2x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x 1.3x -4.7x
Stock comp / revenue 4.5% 3.4% 11.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLSPDTOSTUPST
Debt / assets – – 63.2%
Debt / equity – – 2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 20.6x
Debt / FCF – – -6.9x
Liabilities / assets 12.5% 35.7% 74.9%
Equity / assets 87.5% 64.3% 25.1%
Interest coverage – – 1.2x
Current ratio 3.5x 2.4x –
Quick ratio 2.4x 1.7x –
Cash ratio 2.0x 1.6x –
Altman Z-score 3.21 12.42 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLSPDTOSTUPST
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 7.1% 2.8% 3.6%
Shareholder yield 7.1% 2.8% 3.6%
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.

ConsensusLSPDTOSTUPST
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2026 24.1xFY2026 34.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.60FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $0.69FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +36.4%FY2026 +34.7%FY2026 -58.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.7% +35.6% +191.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.22BFY2026 $7.84BFY2026 $1.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.6%FY2026 +27.5%FY2026 +29.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% +17.8% +42.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLSPDTOSTUPST
Held by institutions 54.9% 93.1% 60.0%
Institutions holding 108 774 363
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.3% +8.1% +3.2%
Institutions buying 54 427 196
Institutions selling 37 245 98
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.74 2.00

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.

LSPDTOSTUPST
LSPD 1.00 0.47 0.42
TOST 0.47 1.00 0.44
UPST 0.42 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LSPD, TOST and UPST?

Toast (TOST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) $1.50B, Toast (TOST) $18.33B, Upstart Holdings (UPST) $2.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, LSPD, TOST and UPST?

Toast (TOST) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -15.6x, Toast (TOST) 37.8x, Upstart Holdings (UPST) 38.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) is cheapest (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) 18.1x, Toast (TOST) 24.1x, Upstart Holdings (UPST) 34.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Upstart Holdings (UPST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) +11.6%, Toast (TOST) +23.0%, Upstart Holdings (UPST) +48.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Toast (TOST) has the highest net margin (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -7.8%, Toast (TOST) 7.1%, Upstart Holdings (UPST) 4.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) returned the most: Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -14.0%, Toast (TOST) -18.3%, Upstart Holdings (UPST) -55.0%. Over five years, Toast (TOST) compounded fastest (Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD) -35.6%/yr, Toast (TOST) -9.8%/yr, Upstart Holdings (UPST) -41.0%/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%, Toast (TOST) 48.0%, Upstart Holdings (UPST) 65.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LSPD, TOST and UPST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Toast (TOST) 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.