RBBN vs. OSPN, UIS, AUDC, TLS, ASUR, SLP, NTCT, IONQ, VRNT, and CLFD
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), Simulations Plus (SLP), NetScout Systems (NTCT), IonQ (IONQ), Verint Systems (VRNT), and Clearfield (CLFD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and Ribbon Communications (NASDAQ:RBBN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
OneSpan has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ribbon Communications has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of OneSpan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Ribbon Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, OneSpan had 2 more articles in the media than Ribbon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OneSpan and 0 mentions for Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat OneSpan's score of 0.00 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ribbon Communications received 335 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.84% of users gave Ribbon Communications an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.
OneSpan has a net margin of -3.29% compared to OneSpan's net margin of -7.11%. Ribbon Communications' return on equity of 6.13% beat OneSpan's return on equity.
OneSpan currently has a consensus price target of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.00%. Ribbon Communications has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 81.82%. Given OneSpan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ribbon Communications is more favorable than OneSpan.
OneSpan has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
OneSpan and Ribbon Communications tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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