Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.01 EPS

Lightspeed Commerce (NYSE:LSPD) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.11 by ($0.01), RTT News reports. The company had revenue of $253.42 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $252.51 million. Lightspeed Commerce had a negative net margin of 11.75% and a positive return on equity of 0.61%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.06 EPS. Lightspeed Commerce updated its Q1 2026 guidance to EPS and its FY 2026 guidance to EPS.

Lightspeed Commerce Stock Performance

NYSE LSPD opened at $10.55 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 6.10, a quick ratio of 5.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $9.67 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.14. Lightspeed Commerce has a 1 year low of $7.34 and a 1 year high of $18.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -13.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 2.49.

Institutional Trading of Lightspeed Commerce

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Lightspeed Commerce stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYSE:LSPD) by 151.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,148,959 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,295,469 shares during the quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned 1.40% of Lightspeed Commerce worth $18,803,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 68.68% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on LSPD shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $9.00 price target (down previously from $10.00) on shares of Lightspeed Commerce in a report on Monday, April 14th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Lightspeed Commerce from $20.00 to $15.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on shares of Lightspeed Commerce from $15.00 to $14.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 27th. Atb Cap Markets cut shares of Lightspeed Commerce from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Lightspeed Commerce from $14.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $14.23.

Lightspeed Commerce Company Profile

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.