DoubleVerify (DV) Competitors

DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Is DV or DBX more profitable?

Dropbox has a net margin of 17.75% compared to DoubleVerify's net margin of 10.33%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 5.99% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoubleVerify	10.33%	5.99%	5.18%
Dropbox	17.75%	-132.63%	19.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, DV or DBX?

DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DV or DBX?

DoubleVerify currently has a consensus target price of $20.83, suggesting a potential upside of 55.69%. Dropbox has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.82%. Given DoubleVerify's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Dropbox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoubleVerify	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Dropbox	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DV or DBX?

Dropbox received 231 more outperform votes than DoubleVerify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 63.27% of users gave DoubleVerify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DoubleVerify	Outperform Votes 124 63.27%	Underperform Votes 72 36.73%
Dropbox	Outperform Votes 355 67.11%	Underperform Votes 174 32.89%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DV or DBX?

97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of DoubleVerify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Dropbox 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, DV or DBX?

Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than DoubleVerify. Dropbox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, 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
DoubleVerify	$656.85M	3.31	$71.47M	$0.31	43.15
Dropbox	$2.55B	3.41	$453.60M	$1.41	20.40

Does the media prefer DV or DBX?

In the previous week, DoubleVerify and DoubleVerify both had 9 articles in the media. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat DoubleVerify's score of 0.96 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DoubleVerify	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dropbox	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dropbox beats DoubleVerify on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.