Skillsoft (SKIL) Competitors

Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Do analysts prefer SKIL or OSPN?

Onespan has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.45%. Given Onespan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Onespan is more favorable than Skillsoft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skillsoft	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Onespan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SKIL or OSPN?

Onespan received 164 more outperform votes than Skillsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave Onespan an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skillsoft	Outperform Votes 15 35.71%	Underperform Votes 27 64.29%
Onespan	Outperform Votes 179 60.27%	Underperform Votes 118 39.73%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SKIL or OSPN?

Onespan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skillsoft. Skillsoft 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
Skillsoft	$530.99M	0.23	-$121.91M	-$16.02	-0.88
Onespan	$241.70M	2.42	$57.08M	$1.47	10.41

Does the media prefer SKIL or OSPN?

In the previous week, Onespan had 1 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Onespan and 0 mentions for Skillsoft. Onespan's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Skillsoft's score of 1.00 indicating that Onespan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Skillsoft	Positive
Onespan	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SKIL or OSPN?

87.0% of Skillsoft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Onespan shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Skillsoft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Onespan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SKIL or OSPN?

Skillsoft has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onespan has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SKIL or OSPN more profitable?

Onespan has a net margin of 24.05% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -25.09%. Onespan's return on equity of 21.32% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skillsoft	-25.09%	-28.01%	-2.72%
Onespan	24.05%	21.32%	13.95%

Summary

Onespan beats Skillsoft on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.