Critical Review: OneStream (OS) & Its Rivals

OneStream (NASDAQ:OS) is one of 959 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare OneStream to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for OneStream and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OneStream	3	17	0	0	1.85
OneStream Competitors	5835	21614	45009	1500	2.57

OneStream presently has a consensus target price of $24.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 27.99%. Given OneStream’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OneStream has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares OneStream and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OneStream	-8.36%	11.28%	6.68%
OneStream Competitors	-599.60%	26.31%	-8.93%

Risk & Volatility

OneStream has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneStream’s rivals have a beta of 1.35, meaning that their average stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.5% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of OneStream shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares OneStream and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
OneStream	$601.93 million	-$50.30 million	-85.71
OneStream Competitors	$1.79 billion	$383.46 million	112.21

OneStream’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than OneStream. OneStream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

OneStream rivals beat OneStream on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

OneStream Company Profile

OneStream, Inc. develops cloud-based software for corporate finance teams. Its platform brings together financial and operational data to support tasks such as financial consolidation, budgeting and planning, reporting, forecasting, account reconciliations, and data integration. The company’s products are designed to help organizations manage finance processes and analyze business performance within a unified system. OneStream also offers artificial intelligence capabilities for finance and business users.