Head-To-Head Contrast: OneStream (NASDAQ:OS) versus Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS)

Materialise (NASDAQ:MTLS) and OneStream (NASDAQ:OS) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Materialise and OneStream, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Materialise	0	2	2	0	2.50
OneStream	3	17	0	0	1.85

Materialise currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.51%. OneStream has a consensus target price of $24.06, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given Materialise’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Materialise is more favorable than OneStream.

Risk and Volatility

Materialise has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneStream has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Materialise and OneStream’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Materialise	4.68%	4.99%	3.03%
OneStream	-8.36%	11.28%	6.68%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Materialise shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of OneStream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Materialise and OneStream”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Materialise	$302.73 million	1.35	$8.73 million	$0.26	26.62
OneStream	$601.93 million	9.80	-$50.30 million	($0.28)	-85.71

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

Summary

Materialise beats OneStream on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Materialise

Materialise NV is a Belgium-based company that develops software and provides services for additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing. Its technologies are used by manufacturers, medical professionals and researchers to design, prepare, manage and produce three-dimensional parts and devices. The company’s software portfolio includes solutions such as Magics for preparing and managing 3D-printing jobs, the Mimics Innovation Suite for processing medical imaging data and creating patient-specific models, and 3-matic for advanced design and engineering applications.

About OneStream

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.