OSPN vs. DMRC, RBBN, UIS, TLS, ASUR, PLMI, CSPI, TZOO, SLP, and NTCT
Should you be buying OneSpan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OneSpan include Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Unisys (UIS), Telos (TLS), Asure Software (ASUR), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), CSP (CSPI), Travelzoo (TZOO), Simulations Plus (SLP), and NetScout Systems (NTCT).
OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
OneSpan currently has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.07%. Digimarc has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Digimarc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Digimarc is more favorable than OneSpan.
Digimarc received 152 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
OneSpan has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digimarc has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
OneSpan has a net margin of -3.29% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -114.38%. OneSpan's return on equity of 6.13% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
In the previous week, Digimarc had 6 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Digimarc and 3 mentions for OneSpan. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Digimarc's score of 0.34 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of OneSpan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
OneSpan has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. OneSpan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digimarc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
OneSpan beats Digimarc on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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