Comparing BOX (BOX) & Its Competitors

BOX (NYSE:BOX) is one of 953 publicly-traded companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare BOX to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares BOX and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	10.59%	-20.97%	4.47%
BOX Competitors	-612.40%	21.13%	-8.86%

Risk & Volatility

BOX has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX’s rivals have a beta of 1.34, indicating that their average share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of BOX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of shares of all “Software” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BOX and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BOX	$1.18 billion	$115.38 million	60.30
BOX Competitors	$1.80 billion	$386.69 million	109.20

BOX’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than BOX. BOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for BOX and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1	4	3	0	2.25
BOX Competitors	5750	21539	44908	1497	2.57

BOX currently has a consensus target price of $39.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.34%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 29.07%. Given BOX’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BOX has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

BOX rivals beat BOX on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

BOX Company Profile

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.