Reviewing Destiny Media Technologies (OTCMKTS:DSNY) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN)

Destiny Media Technologies (OTCMKTS:DSNY) and Onespan (NASDAQ:OSPN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.5% of Onespan shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Destiny Media Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Onespan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Destiny Media Technologies and Onespan”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Destiny Media Technologies	$4.42 million	0.80	$110,000.00	($0.05)	-7.36
Onespan	$243.18 million	2.49	$57.08 million	$1.51	10.46

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

Risk & Volatility

Destiny Media Technologies has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Onespan has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Destiny Media Technologies and Onespan, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Destiny Media Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Onespan	0	1	3	0	2.75

Onespan has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.47%. Given Onespan’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Onespan is more favorable than Destiny Media Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Destiny Media Technologies and Onespan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Destiny Media Technologies	-8.84%	-13.26%	-11.53%
Onespan	24.90%	19.75%	13.19%

Summary

Onespan beats Destiny Media Technologies on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Destiny Media Technologies

Destiny Media Technologies Inc. develops technologies that enable the distribution of digital media files in a streaming or digital download format over the Internet. It offers Play MPE, an online platform that distributes promotional content, including broadcast quality audio, video, images, promotional information, and other digital content from record labels and artists to broadcasting professionals, music curators, and music reviewers to discover, download, broadcast, and review the content; Play MPE CASTER; Play MPE Quickshare provides a distribution tool for Play MPE customers to promote music; and Play MPE Player for music curators to review and download content through cloud-based player and mobile apps. The company also provides Music Tracking Radar, a digital tracking service that tracks and reports the number and times customers track is played; Clipstream, an online video platform for encoding, hosting, and reporting on video playback that can be embedded in third party websites or emails; and playback through its JavaScript codec engine. It markets and sells its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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.