Viant Technology (DSP) Competitors

Viant Technology (NASDAQ:DSP) and BOX (NYSE:BOX) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DSP or BOX?

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Viant Technology. BOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viant Technology, 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
Viant Technology	$263.59M	4.56	-$3.44M	$0.06	319.00
BOX	$1.07B	4.24	$129.03M	$0.80	39.56

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DSP or BOX?

11.4% of Viant Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Viant Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer DSP or BOX?

Viant Technology presently has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.26%. BOX has a consensus price target of $35.89, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given BOX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than Viant Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viant Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media refer more to DSP or BOX?

In the previous week, BOX had 2 more articles in the media than Viant Technology. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BOX and 4 mentions for Viant Technology. BOX's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Viant Technology's score of -0.08 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Viant Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BOX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, DSP or BOX?

Viant Technology has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DSP or BOX?

BOX received 750 more outperform votes than Viant Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 66.28% of users gave Viant Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Viant Technology	Outperform Votes 57 66.28%	Underperform Votes 29 33.72%
BOX	Outperform Votes 807 71.67%	Underperform Votes 319 28.33%

Is DSP or BOX more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 13.96% compared to Viant Technology's net margin of 0.47%. Viant Technology's return on equity of -5.67% beat BOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viant Technology	0.47%	-5.67%	-3.78%
BOX	13.96%	-17.20%	6.15%

Summary

BOX beats Viant Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.