BOX vs. CVLT, FROG, SQSP, BL, CWAN, VERX, BLKB, WK, AI, and TDC
Should you be buying BOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOX include Commvault Systems (CVLT), JFrog (FROG), Squarespace (SQSP), BlackLine (BL), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Vertex (VERX), Blackbaud (BLKB), Workiva (WK), C3.ai (AI), and Teradata (TDC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and BOX (NYSE:BOX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
BOX received 237 more outperform votes than Commvault Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.82% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 64.53% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote.
91.6% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of BOX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOX has a net margin of 12.43% compared to BOX's net margin of -0.09%. BOX's return on equity of 32.27% beat Commvault Systems' return on equity.
Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Commvault Systems currently has a consensus price target of $85.60, suggesting a potential downside of 11.96%. BOX has a consensus price target of $30.89, suggesting a potential upside of 6.04%. Given Commvault Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
In the previous week, BOX had 6 more articles in the media than Commvault Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BOX and 5 mentions for Commvault Systems. BOX's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Commvault Systems' score of 0.67 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BOX beats Commvault Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get BOX News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BOX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BOX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Related Companies and Tools