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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Ribbon Communications currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 89.27%. OneSpan has a consensus price target of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 11.65%. Given Ribbon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than OneSpan.
In the previous week, Ribbon Communications had 1 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ribbon Communications and 13 mentions for OneSpan. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Ribbon Communications' score of 0.27 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ribbon Communications received 336 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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, 0.8% of OneSpan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 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.
Summary
Ribbon Communications beats OneSpan on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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