UIS vs. OSPN, RBBN, TLS, ASUR, CSPI, PLMI, SLP, NTCT, NVEC, and KODK
Should you be buying Unisys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unisys include OneSpan (OSPN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Telos (TLS), Asure Software (ASUR), CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Simulations Plus (SLP), NetScout Systems (NTCT), NVE (NVEC), and Eastman Kodak (KODK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Unisys (NYSE:UIS) 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 media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Unisys has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
OneSpan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unisys. OneSpan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unisys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
OneSpan has a net margin of -12.68% compared to Unisys' net margin of -21.37%. OneSpan's return on equity of -6.43% beat Unisys' return on equity.
86.9% of Unisys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of OneSpan shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Unisys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of OneSpan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unisys received 102 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Unisys an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
OneSpan has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.21%. Given OneSpan's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OneSpan is more favorable than Unisys.
In the previous week, Unisys had 3 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Unisys and 3 mentions for OneSpan. Unisys' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat OneSpan's score of 0.32 indicating that Unisys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Unisys beats OneSpan on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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