Head-To-Head Contrast: Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) vs. Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT)

Next Technology (NASDAQ:NXTT) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.7% of Next Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Onespan shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.5% of Next Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Onespan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Next Technology and Onespan”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Next Technology	$1.80 million	37.96	$21.55 million	N/A	N/A
Onespan	$240.62 million	2.46	$57.08 million	$1.51	10.23

Onespan has higher revenue and earnings than Next Technology.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Next Technology and Onespan, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Next Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00
Onespan	0	1	3	0	2.75

Onespan has a consensus price target of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.29%. Given Onespan’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Onespan is more favorable than Next Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Next Technology and Onespan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Next Technology	N/A	26.93%	23.05%
Onespan	24.90%	19.75%	13.19%

Volatility and Risk

Next Technology has a beta of 7.1, suggesting that its share price is 610% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onespan has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Onespan beats Next Technology on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Next Technology

Next Technology Holding Inc. provides technical services and solutions through its social e-commerce platform primarily in Mainland China. It offers YCloud, a micro-business cloud intelligent internationalization system that conducts multi-channel data analysis through the learning of big data and social recommendation relationships, as well as provides users with AI fission and management systems, and supply chain systems. The company’s YCloud system also provides micro-business owners with various payment methods, such as Alipay, WeChat, and UnionPay. In addition, it offers chatGPT technical services; and technical system support, software development, and services. The company serves individual and corporate users in the micro business industry. It also has operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company was formerly known as WeTrade Group, Inc. and changed its name to Next Technology Holding Inc in April 2024. Next Technology Holding Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People Republic of China.

About Onespan

OneSpan Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets digital solutions for identity, authentication, and secure digital agreements worldwide. The company offers OneSpan Sign, a range of e-signature requirements for occasional agreement to processing tens of thousands of transactions; OneSpan Cloud Authentication, a cloud-based multifactor authentication solution that supports a range of authentication options, including biometrics, push notification, and visual cryptograms for transaction data security, SMS, and hardware authenticators; and OneSpan Identity Verification, which enables banks and financial institutions identity verification services. It also provides Mobile Security Suite, a software development kit that protect mobile transactions; Digipass Authenticators, consisting of a wide variety of authentication devices; authentication servers that provides a range of strong authentication utilities and solutions designed to allow organizations to securely authenticate users and transactions; and Digipass FX1 BIO, a physical passkey with fingerprint scan built for the workforce authentication market. In addition, it offers Virtual Room, a purpose-built, high-assurance solution that blends the simplicity of a consumer video collaboration app with high-assurance identity and authentication security; OneSpan Notary, an online notary solution developed for organizations with in-house notaries; and OneSpan Trust Vault, a blockchain-based decentralized digital storage solution that helps organizations meet compliance, regulatory, and chain of custody requirements for critical documents. It sells its solutions through its direct sales force, as well as through distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as VASCO Data Security International, Inc. and changed its name to OneSpan Inc. in May 2018. OneSpan Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.