Porch Group (PRCH) Competitors

BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Porch Group (NASDAQ:PRCH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BOX or PRCH?

86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Porch Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Porch Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BOX or PRCH?

BOX presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.75%. Porch Group has a consensus target price of $10.28, suggesting a potential downside of 16.41%. Given BOX's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than Porch Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Porch Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BOX or PRCH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BOX	$1.09B	4.39	$244.62M	$1.29	25.78
Porch Group	$437.85M	3.41	-$32.83M	-$0.14	-87.86

Does the media favor BOX or PRCH?

In the previous week, Porch Group had 10 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Porch Group and 7 mentions for BOX. BOX's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Porch Group's score of 0.63 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Porch Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BOX or PRCH more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 21.38% compared to Porch Group's net margin of -2.59%. Porch Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat BOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	21.38%	-20.17%	5.22%
Porch Group	-2.59%	N/A	-6.05%

Which has more volatility & risk, BOX or PRCH?

BOX has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Porch Group has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BOX beats Porch Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.