SmartRent (SMRT) Competitors

OneSpan (NASDAQ:OSPN) and SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartRent has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OSPN or SMRT more profitable?

OneSpan has a net margin of 11.73% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -12.77%. OneSpan's return on equity of 23.27% beat SmartRent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneSpan	11.73%	23.27%	14.32%
SmartRent	-12.77%	-6.08%	-4.15%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OSPN or SMRT?

95.5% of OneSpan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of SmartRent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of OneSpan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of SmartRent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan received 161 more outperform votes than SmartRent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave OneSpan an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OneSpan	Outperform Votes 176 59.86%	Underperform Votes 118 40.14%
SmartRent	Outperform Votes 15 42.86%	Underperform Votes 20 57.14%

Is OSPN or SMRT a better dividend stock?

OneSpan pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SmartRent pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.2%. OneSpan pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SmartRent pays out -176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SmartRent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan has higher revenue and earnings than SmartRent. SmartRent 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	$243.18M	2.34	-$29.80M	$1.45	10.26
SmartRent	$174.89M	0.94	-$34.59M	-$0.17	-5.01

Does the media prefer OSPN or SMRT?

In the previous week, OneSpan had 1 more articles in the media than SmartRent. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for OneSpan and 1 mentions for SmartRent. OneSpan's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat SmartRent's score of 0.00 indicating that OneSpan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
OneSpan	Very Positive
SmartRent	Neutral

Do analysts recommend OSPN or SMRT?

OneSpan presently has a consensus price target of $17.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.45%. SmartRent has a consensus price target of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 181.82%. Given SmartRent's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SmartRent 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
SmartRent	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

OneSpan beats SmartRent on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.