Tuya (NYSE:TUYA – Get Free Report) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Tuya and Onespan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tuya | 20.16% | 6.74% | 5.96% |
| Onespan | 27.76% | 16.91% | 11.81% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Tuya and Onespan, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tuya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Onespan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Tuya presently has a consensus price target of $3.69, suggesting a potential upside of 122.96%. Onespan has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.80%. Given Tuya’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tuya is more favorable than Onespan.
Risk and Volatility
Tuya has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onespan has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Tuya and Onespan”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tuya | $321.79 million | 2.79 | $57.89 million | $0.11 | 15.05 |
| Onespan | $246.38 million | 3.02 | $72.90 million | $1.78 | 11.34 |
Onespan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tuya. Onespan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tuya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
11.5% of Tuya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Onespan shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tuya 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Onespan beats Tuya on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tuya
Tuya Inc. offers purpose-built Internet of Things (IoT) cloud development platform in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company provides platform-as-a-service that enables business, original equipment manufacturers, brands, and developers to develop, launch, manage, and monetize software-enabled smart devices and services; and industry software-as-a-service, which enables businesses to deploy, connect, and manage various types of smart devices. It also offers cloud-based software value-added services that provides end users with smart features, such as cloud storage; and Cube Smart Private Cloud Solution which enables conglomerates to build their own autonomous and controllable IoT platforms; and could-based services to businesses, developers, and end users to develop and manage IoT experiences. In addition, the company provides smart solutions for IoT devices that integrates software capabilities; and enables developers to activate an IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners, and end users to engage and communicate through a range of smart devices, as well as sells finished smart devices. It offers its solutions to smart home, smart business, renewable energy, education, agriculture, outdoors and sport, and entertainment industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's 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.
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