Alarm.com (ALRM) Competitors

BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BOX or ALRM?

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Alarm.com. BOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alarm.com, 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	$1.04B	3.77	$129.03M	$0.67	40.40
Alarm.com	$881.68M	3.92	$81.04M	$1.69	40.70

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

86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Alarm.com shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOX or ALRM?

BOX received 380 more outperform votes than Alarm.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 67.10% of users gave Alarm.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BOX	Outperform Votes 794 71.86%	Underperform Votes 311 28.14%
Alarm.com	Outperform Votes 414 67.10%	Underperform Votes 203 32.90%

Is BOX or ALRM more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 12.43% compared to BOX's net margin of 10.08%. BOX's return on equity of 12.14% beat Alarm.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	12.43%	-9.46%	4.29%
Alarm.com	10.08%	12.14%	5.79%

Do analysts rate BOX or ALRM?

BOX currently has a consensus target price of $30.89, indicating a potential upside of 14.19%. Alarm.com has a consensus target price of $68.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.19%. Given Alarm.com's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than Alarm.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Alarm.com	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, BOX or ALRM?

BOX has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarm.com has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BOX or ALRM?

In the previous week, BOX had 1 more articles in the media than Alarm.com. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BOX and 5 mentions for Alarm.com. Alarm.com's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat BOX's score of -0.54 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alarm.com	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

Alarm.com beats BOX on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.