BOX (BOX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MDB or BOX?

BOX received 200 more outperform votes than MongoDB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.69% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 62.04% of users gave MongoDB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MongoDB	Outperform Votes 608 62.04%	Underperform Votes 372 37.96%
BOX	Outperform Votes 808 71.69%	Underperform Votes 319 28.31%

Is MDB or BOX more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 13.96% compared to MongoDB's net margin of -10.46%. MongoDB's return on equity of -12.22% beat BOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MongoDB	-10.46%	-12.22%	-5.19%
BOX	13.96%	-17.20%	6.15%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MDB or BOX?

89.3% of MongoDB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of MongoDB 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MDB or BOX?

MongoDB presently has a consensus price target of $363.93, suggesting a potential upside of 43.78%. BOX has a consensus price target of $35.89, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. Given MongoDB's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MongoDB is more favorable than BOX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MongoDB	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
BOX	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media prefer MDB or BOX?

In the previous week, MongoDB had 21 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for MongoDB and 8 mentions for BOX. MongoDB's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat BOX's score of 0.63 indicating that MongoDB is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MongoDB	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BOX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MDB or BOX?

BOX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MongoDB. MongoDB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, 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
MongoDB	$1.68B	11.20	-$176.60M	-$2.74	-92.38
BOX	$1.04B	4.37	$129.03M	$0.80	39.46

Which has more risk and volatility, MDB or BOX?

MongoDB has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MongoDB beats BOX on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.