Reviewing mCloud Technologies (OTCMKTS:MCLDF) & Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL)

Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) and mCloud Technologies (OTCMKTS:MCLDF) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Boxlight and mCloud Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boxlight	$109.27 million	0.03	-$23.81 million	($136.29)	-0.03
mCloud Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.50)	N/A

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

Risk & Volatility

Boxlight has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, mCloud Technologies has a beta of 59.09, indicating that its share price is 5,809% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Boxlight and mCloud Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boxlight	-25.08%	N/A	-28.33%
mCloud Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Boxlight and mCloud Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boxlight	1	0	0	0	1.00
mCloud Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given mCloud Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe mCloud Technologies is more favorable than Boxlight.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.5% of Boxlight shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Boxlight shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of mCloud Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

mCloud Technologies beats Boxlight on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Boxlight

Boxlight Corporation designs, produces, and distributes interactive technology solutions for the education, health, corporate, military, and government sectors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company provides interactive and non-interactive flat panel displays and whiteboards, LED video walls, digital signages, classroom audio and campus communication, cameras and other peripherals, and media players; and accessory document cameras, teacher pads for remote control, assessment systems, and front-of-class display products under the Mimio and Clevertouch brands. It also offers MimioStudio Interactive Instructional software that enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; MimioMobile, a software accessory for MimioStudio; Oktopus Instructional and Whiteboarding software, which enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; Notes+, a software accessory; GameZones, a multi-student interactive gaming software; MimioConnect, an online student engagement platform; and LYNX, a lesson building app. In addition, the company provides Juno, a towering standard of sound quality that reinforces a teacher's voice; Mimio MyBot system for robotics learning; Robo3D printers; MyStemKits, which offers lesson plans for grades K-12 math and science teachers; MimioView document camera; EzRoom, an integrated AV solution; Lyrik, an amplification solution; and Conductor School Communication System, an IP-based campus-wide communication and control solution; and accessories, such as mobile carts, installation accessories, and wall-mount accessories for interactive LED flat-panels and audio solutions. Further, it offers classroom training, professional development, and educator certification services. The company was formerly known as Logical Choice Corporation. Boxlight Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

About mCloud Technologies

mCloud Technologies Corp. provides asset management platform solutions combining IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud in North America, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and China. Its AI-powered AssetCare platform offers asset management solutions, such as Connected Buildings, an AI and analytics solution to automate and remotely manage commercial buildings; Connected Workers, a cloud software to assist workers in the field to stay connected to experts remotely, facilitate repairs, and provide workers with an AI-powered digital assistant; Connected Energy for the inspection of wind turbine blades using AI-powered computer vision and the deployment of analytics to maximize wind farm energy production yield and availability; Connected Industry, to process assets and control endpoint monitoring, equipment health, and asset inventory management, as well as for the management of change across distributed teams; and Connected Health, which includes remote health monitoring and connectivity to caregivers using mobile apps and wireless sensors. The company was formerly known as Universal mCloud Corp. and changed its name to mCloud Technologies Corp. in October 2019. mCloud Technologies Corp. was founded in 2017 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.