AudioEye (AEYE) Competitors

OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and AudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OSPN or AEYE?

OneSpan received 77 more outperform votes than AudioEye when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.24% of users gave AudioEye an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OneSpan	Outperform Votes 178 60.14%	Underperform Votes 118 39.86%
AudioEye	Outperform Votes 101 68.24%	Underperform Votes 47 31.76%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OSPN or AEYE?

AudioEye has lower revenue, but higher earnings than OneSpan. AudioEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneSpan, 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
OneSpan	$241.70M	2.55	-$29.80M	$1.47	10.96
AudioEye	$36.85M	4.33	-$5.87M	-$0.40	-32.03

Which has more risk and volatility, OSPN or AEYE?

OneSpan has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AudioEye has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OSPN or AEYE?

95.5% of OneSpan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of AudioEye shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of OneSpan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of AudioEye 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.

Is OSPN or AEYE more profitable?

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to AudioEye's net margin of -9.89%. AudioEye's return on equity of 34.49% beat OneSpan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneSpan	11.73%	23.27%	14.32%
AudioEye	-9.89%	34.49%	8.18%

Do analysts prefer OSPN or AEYE?

OneSpan currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.04%. AudioEye has a consensus price target of $26.40, suggesting a potential upside of 106.09%. Given AudioEye's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AudioEye is more favorable than OneSpan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneSpan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
AudioEye	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Does the media refer more to OSPN or AEYE?

In the previous week, OneSpan had 3 more articles in the media than AudioEye. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for OneSpan and 2 mentions for AudioEye. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat AudioEye's score of 0.89 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OneSpan	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AudioEye	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OneSpan beats AudioEye on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.