BOX (BOX) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BOX or MDB?

BOX has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MongoDB. MongoDB 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	4.24	$244.62M	$1.24	25.92
MongoDB	$2.01B	12.96	-$129.07M	-$0.98	-324.79

Is BOX or MDB more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 20.30% compared to MongoDB's net margin of -3.54%. MongoDB's return on equity of -1.67% beat BOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	20.30%	-21.77%	4.59%
MongoDB	-3.54%	-1.67%	-1.24%

Which has more risk & volatility, BOX or MDB?

BOX has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MongoDB has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BOX or MDB?

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of MongoDB shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of BOX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of MongoDB shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media prefer BOX or MDB?

In the previous week, MongoDB had 97 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 132 mentions for MongoDB and 35 mentions for BOX. MongoDB's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat BOX's score of 0.87 indicating that MongoDB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOX	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MongoDB	56 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BOX or MDB?

BOX currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.33%. MongoDB has a consensus target price of $310.86, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Given BOX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than MongoDB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
MongoDB	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	27 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Summary

BOX and MongoDB tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.