SmartRent (SMRT) Competitors

OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is OSPN or SMRT more profitable?

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -12.77%. OneSpan's return on equity of 23.27% beat SmartRent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneSpan	11.73%	23.27%	14.32%
SmartRent	-12.77%	-6.08%	-4.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartRent has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OSPN or SMRT a better dividend stock?

OneSpan pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SmartRent pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 33.5%. OneSpan pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartRent pays out -88.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SmartRent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OSPN or SMRT?

95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of SmartRent shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of OneSpan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of SmartRent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer OSPN or SMRT?

In the previous week, OneSpan had 4 more articles in the media than SmartRent. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for OneSpan and 0 mentions for SmartRent. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat SmartRent's score of 0.00 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OneSpan	Positive
SmartRent	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan has higher revenue and earnings than SmartRent. SmartRent 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	2.45	-$29.80M	$1.47	10.54
SmartRent	$165.74M	1.02	-$34.59M	-$0.34	-2.64

Do analysts rate OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.89%. SmartRent has a consensus price target of $1.77, suggesting a potential upside of 97.17%. Given SmartRent's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SmartRent 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
SmartRent	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan received 164 more outperform votes than SmartRent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OneSpan	Outperform Votes 179 60.27%	Underperform Votes 118 39.73%
SmartRent	Outperform Votes 15 41.67%	Underperform Votes 21 58.33%

Summary

OneSpan beats SmartRent on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.