Dropbox (DBX) Competitors

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

Is DBX or RP more profitable?

Dropbox has a net margin of 22.71% compared to RealPage's net margin of 4.79%. RealPage's return on equity of 9.64% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dropbox	22.71%	-135.85%	16.68%
RealPage	4.79%	9.64%	4.13%

Does the media favor DBX or RP?

In the previous week, Dropbox had 8 more articles in the media than RealPage. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dropbox and 0 mentions for RealPage. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat RealPage's score of 0.00 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dropbox	Positive
RealPage	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBX or RP?

RealPage received 96 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.23% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 56.66% of users gave RealPage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dropbox	Outperform Votes 355 67.23%	Underperform Votes 173 32.77%
RealPage	Outperform Votes 451 56.66%	Underperform Votes 345 43.34%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DBX or RP?

94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of RealPage shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Dropbox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of RealPage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, DBX or RP?

Dropbox has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RealPage has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DBX or RP?

Dropbox currently has a consensus target price of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.94%. Given Dropbox's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dropbox is more favorable than RealPage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dropbox	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
RealPage	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, DBX or RP?

Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than RealPage. Dropbox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RealPage, 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
Dropbox	$2.50B	3.52	$453.60M	$1.73	15.64
RealPage	$988.14M	9.17	$58.21M	$1.28	69.31

Summary

Dropbox beats RealPage on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.