TrueCar (TRUE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer TRUE or OSPN?

TrueCar presently has a consensus price target of $4.63, suggesting a potential upside of 180.30%. OneSpan has a consensus price target of $17.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. Given TrueCar's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TrueCar is more favorable than OneSpan.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TrueCar	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
OneSpan	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TRUE or OSPN?

79.4% of TrueCar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of TrueCar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of OneSpan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRUE or OSPN more profitable?

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to TrueCar's net margin of -17.68%. OneSpan's return on equity of 23.27% beat TrueCar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TrueCar	-17.68%	-17.54%	-13.79%
OneSpan	11.73%	23.27%	14.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, TRUE or OSPN?

TrueCar has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRUE or OSPN?

OneSpan has higher revenue and earnings than TrueCar. TrueCar 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
TrueCar	$175.60M	0.82	-$49.77M	-$0.34	-4.85
OneSpan	$243.18M	2.50	-$29.80M	$1.45	10.97

Does the media favor TRUE or OSPN?

In the previous week, TrueCar had 3 more articles in the media than OneSpan. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TrueCar and 4 mentions for OneSpan. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat TrueCar's score of -0.03 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TrueCar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OneSpan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRUE or OSPN?

TrueCar received 340 more outperform votes than OneSpan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.86% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave TrueCar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TrueCar	Outperform Votes 516 59.86%	Underperform Votes 346 40.14%
OneSpan	Outperform Votes 176 59.86%	Underperform Votes 118 40.14%

Summary

OneSpan beats TrueCar on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.