Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) versus Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) Head-To-Head Contrast

Audioeye (NASDAQ:AEYE) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

51.1% of Audioeye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Onespan shares are held by institutional investors. 25.9% of Audioeye shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Onespan shares are held by 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.

Risk & Volatility

Audioeye has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onespan has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Audioeye	-10.92%	121.59%	15.45%
Onespan	27.76%	16.91%	11.81%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Audioeye and Onespan”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Audioeye	$40.31 million	2.37	-$3.08 million	($0.36)	-21.14
Onespan	$243.18 million	2.53	$72.90 million	$1.78	9.38

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Audioeye and Onespan, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Audioeye	1	1	4	0	2.50
Onespan	0	3	1	0	2.25

Audioeye currently has a consensus price target of $14.62, indicating a potential upside of 92.18%. Onespan has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.80%. Given Audioeye’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Audioeye is more favorable than Onespan.

Summary

Onespan beats Audioeye on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Audioeye

AudioEye, Inc. provides patented, internet content publication, distribution software, and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allows for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. The company offers AudioEye, an always-on testing, remediation, and monitoring solution that improves conformance with web content accessibility guidelines; identifies and fixes the accessibility errors and addresses a range of disabilities, including dyslexia, color blindness, epilepsy, and others; and provides additional solutions to provide for enhanced compliance and accessibility, including periodic auditing, human assisted technological remediations, and legal support services, as well as PDF remediation services, Native Mobile App and audit reports to help customers with their digital accessibility needs. The company serves small- and medium-sized businesses, corporate enterprises, non-profit organizations, and federal government agencies, as well as federal, state, and local governments and agencies through content management system partners, platform and agency partners, authorized resellers, and the marketplace. AudioEye, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.

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.