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$26.48 +2.47 (+10.29%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:45 PM Eastern

SKIL vs. OSPN, PUBM, HUYA, EVER, ECX, PRCH, CGNT, MGIC, HOLO, and ARQQ

Should you be buying Skillsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillsoft include OneSpan (OSPN), PubMatic (PUBM), HUYA (HUYA), EverQuote (EVER), ECARX (ECX), Porch Group (PRCH), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO), and Arqit Quantum (ARQQ). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Skillsoft vs.

Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) and OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

OneSpan received 160 more outperform votes than Skillsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote while only 35.00% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SkillsoftOutperform Votes
14
35.00%
Underperform Votes
26
65.00%
OneSpanOutperform Votes
174
60.00%
Underperform Votes
116
40.00%

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -62.85%. OneSpan's return on equity of 23.27% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Skillsoft-62.85% -53.74% -7.53%
OneSpan 11.73%23.27%14.32%

Skillsoft currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.18%. OneSpan has a consensus target price of $17.63, indicating a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Skillsoft's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Skillsoft is more favorable than OneSpan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Skillsoft
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
OneSpan
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, OneSpan had 1 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OneSpan and 1 mentions for Skillsoft. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Skillsoft's score of 0.00 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Skillsoft
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
OneSpan
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.0% of Skillsoft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of OneSpan shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Skillsoft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of OneSpan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

OneSpan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skillsoft. Skillsoft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneSpan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Skillsoft$534.78M0.41-$349.29M-$41.50-0.64
OneSpan$244.94M2.97-$29.80M$0.7425.86

Skillsoft has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpan has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OneSpan beats Skillsoft on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SKIL vs. The Competition

MetricSkillsoftPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$219.36M$24.99B$7.31B$19.33B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%2.26%3.67%
P/E Ratio-0.6496.8328.4838.96
Price / Sales0.4130.94447.6620.37
Price / Cash0.5991.3331.5121.28
Price / Book1.8212.856.195.48
Net Income-$349.29M$448.14M$129.18M$992.21M
7 Day Performance22.48%2.06%3.14%3.25%
1 Month Performance78.32%11.88%13.26%-0.84%
1 Year Performance70.62%36.95%27.56%15.98%

Skillsoft Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKIL
Skillsoft
2.9105 of 5 stars
$26.48
+10.3%
$35.00
+32.2%
+70.3%$219.36M$534.78M-0.642,318
OSPN
OneSpan
4.0292 of 5 stars
$18.82
+0.2%
$17.63
-6.3%
+98.3%$714.99M$244.94M25.43526
PUBM
PubMatic
3.4927 of 5 stars
$14.96
-0.9%
$21.13
+41.2%
+1.7%$714.59M$290.35M48.26880Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
HUYA
HUYA
3.6203 of 5 stars
$3.00
-1.6%
$5.68
+89.2%
-12.6%$699.25M$6.11B-33.331,345News Coverage
EVER
EverQuote
4.1861 of 5 stars
$19.71
+0.2%
$32.17
+63.2%
+72.9%$696.77M$408.44M57.97610Analyst Revision
ECX
ECARX
0.8784 of 5 stars
$1.98
+4.5%
N/A-24.8%$667.45M$5.46B-3.952,020High Trading Volume
PRCH
Porch Group
1.822 of 5 stars
$5.54
+1.8%
$5.34
-3.5%
+94.9%$662.27M$452.10M-7.911,700News Coverage
CGNT
Cognyte Software
3.6479 of 5 stars
$8.60
-1.9%
$8.25
-4.1%
+48.7%$618.29M$339.82M-45.261,613Positive News
MGIC
Magic Software Enterprises
4.256 of 5 stars
$11.67
-0.1%
$15.00
+28.5%
+21.0%$572.99M$535.48M16.673,628News Coverage
Positive News
HOLO
MicroCloud Hologram
0.3525 of 5 stars
$6.76
+181.6%
N/A-92.7%$554.16M$234.30M0.002Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ARQQ
Arqit Quantum
3.086 of 5 stars
$43.43
+1.7%
$27.00
-37.8%
+263.5%$543.05M$293,000.000.00140Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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