LifeSpeak (LSPK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IMP or LSPK?

0.4% of LifeSpeak shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Intermap Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of LifeSpeak shares are held by company 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 IMP or LSPK?

Intermap Technologies received 120 more outperform votes than LifeSpeak when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.02% of users gave Intermap Technologies an outperform vote while only 3.57% of users gave LifeSpeak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermap Technologies	Outperform Votes 121 72.02%	Underperform Votes 47 27.98%
LifeSpeak	Outperform Votes 1 3.57%	Underperform Votes 27 96.43%

Do analysts rate IMP or LSPK?

LifeSpeak has a consensus price target of C$0.59, indicating a potential downside of 6.08%. Given Intermap Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LifeSpeak is more favorable than Intermap Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intermap Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LifeSpeak	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, IMP or LSPK?

Intermap Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LifeSpeak. Intermap Technologies 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
Intermap Technologies	C$6.20M	3.79	-C$3.70M	-C$0.14	-4.00
LifeSpeak	C$52.41M	0.71	-C$26.26M	-C$0.52	-1.21

Does the media refer more to IMP or LSPK?

In the previous week, LifeSpeak had 5 more articles in the media than Intermap Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LifeSpeak and 2 mentions for Intermap Technologies. LifeSpeak's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Intermap Technologies' score of -0.16 indicating that Intermap Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intermap Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LifeSpeak	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is IMP or LSPK more profitable?

LifeSpeak has a net margin of -50.11% compared to LifeSpeak's net margin of -59.72%. LifeSpeak's return on equity of 0.00% beat Intermap Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermap Technologies	-59.72%	N/A	-38.44%
LifeSpeak	-50.11%	-99.64%	-4.54%

Which has more volatility & risk, IMP or LSPK?

Intermap Technologies has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LifeSpeak has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intermap Technologies and LifeSpeak tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.