OneSpan (OSPN) Competitors

OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and Appian (NASDAQ:APPN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OSPN or APPN?

95.5% of OneSpan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Appian shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of OneSpan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Appian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OSPN or APPN?

OneSpan has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Appian. Appian 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	$235.11M	2.78	-$29.80M	$0.74	23.22
Appian	$617.02M	4.61	-$111.44M	-$1.26	-26.46

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OSPN or APPN?

Appian received 169 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.71% of users gave Appian an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OneSpan	Outperform Votes 174 60.00%	Underperform Votes 116 40.00%
Appian	Outperform Votes 343 60.71%	Underperform Votes 222 39.29%

Does the media prefer OSPN or APPN?

In the previous week, Appian had 25 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Appian and 6 mentions for OneSpan. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Appian's score of 0.22 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OneSpan	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Appian	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, OSPN or APPN?

OneSpan has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Appian has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer OSPN or APPN?

OneSpan currently has a consensus target price of $17.63, indicating a potential upside of 2.59%. Appian has a consensus target price of $40.17, indicating a potential upside of 20.48%. Given Appian's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Appian is more favorable than OneSpan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneSpan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Appian	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is OSPN or APPN more profitable?

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Appian's net margin of -14.95%. OneSpan's return on equity of 23.27% beat Appian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneSpan	11.73%	23.27%	14.32%
Appian	-14.95%	-532.05%	-11.14%

Summary

OneSpan beats Appian on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.