RBBN vs. OSPN, UIS, AUDC, TLS, ASUR, CSPI, PLMI, SLP, NTCT, and IONQ
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), CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Simulations Plus (SLP), NetScout Systems (NTCT), and IonQ (IONQ). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
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 has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of OneSpan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ribbon Communications had 16 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ribbon Communications and 4 mentions for OneSpan. Ribbon Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat OneSpan's score of 0.19 indicating that Ribbon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ribbon Communications has a net margin of -7.11% compared to OneSpan's net margin of -12.68%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 4.26% beat OneSpan's return on equity.
Ribbon Communications presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 88.09%. OneSpan has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than OneSpan.
Ribbon Communications received 337 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats OneSpan on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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