RBBN vs. OSPN, UIS, AUDC, TLS, ASUR, SLP, NTCT, IONQ, VRNT, and CLFD
Should you be buying Ribbon Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ribbon Communications include OneSpan (OSPN), Unisys (UIS), AudioCodes (AUDC), Telos (TLS), Asure Software (ASUR), Simulations Plus (SLP), NetScout Systems (NTCT), IonQ (IONQ), Verint Systems (VRNT), and Clearfield (CLFD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) and OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Ribbon Communications currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.82%. OneSpan has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 5.00%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than OneSpan.
70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of OneSpan shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of OneSpan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, OneSpan had 2 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OneSpan and 0 mentions for Ribbon Communications. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ribbon Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
OneSpan has a net margin of -3.29% compared to Ribbon Communications' net margin of -7.11%. OneSpan's return on equity of 6.13% beat Ribbon Communications' return on equity.
OneSpan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ribbon Communications. OneSpan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ribbon Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ribbon Communications received 335 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
Summary
Ribbon Communications and OneSpan tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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