Xperi (NYSE:XPER) & BOX (NYSE:BOX) Financial Review

Xperi (NYSE:XPER) and BOX (NYSE:BOX) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Xperi has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xperi and BOX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$448.11 million	0.57	-$56.34 million	($0.70)	-7.51
BOX	$1.18 billion	4.23	$115.38 million	$0.69	52.64

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

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and BOX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	-7.12%	4.04%	2.72%
BOX	10.59%	-20.97%	4.47%

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	1	1	2	0	2.25
BOX	1	4	3	0	2.25

Xperi currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 109.36%. BOX has a consensus target price of $37.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.07%. Given Xperi’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than BOX.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Xperi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BOX beats Xperi on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xperi

Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About BOX

Box, Inc. engages in the provision of an enterprise content platform that enables organizations to securely manage enterprise content while allowing easy, secure access and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. Its products include cloud content management, IT and admin controls, Box Governance, Box Zones, Box Relay, Box Shuttle, and Box KeySafe. The company was founded by Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith, Jeff Queisser, and Sam Ghods in March 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.