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$32.03 -0.03 (-0.09%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

BOX vs. GEN, NTNX, TWLO, DT, DUOL, MBLY, OKTA, BSY, CYBR, and AUR

Should you be buying BOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOX include Gen Digital (GEN), Nutanix (NTNX), Twilio (TWLO), Dynatrace (DT), Duolingo (DUOL), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and Aurora Innovation (AUR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

BOX vs.

BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, BOX had 11 more articles in the media than Gen Digital. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BOX and 1 mentions for Gen Digital. Gen Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat BOX's score of 0.93 indicating that Gen Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BOX
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gen Digital
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BOX has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Gen Digital has a net margin of 16.08% compared to BOX's net margin of 13.96%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 55.47% beat BOX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BOX13.96% -17.20% 6.15%
Gen Digital 16.08%55.47%7.65%

BOX pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Gen Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BOX pays out 150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gen Digital pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

BOX presently has a consensus target price of $35.89, suggesting a potential upside of 12.05%. Given BOX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BOX is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BOX
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Gen Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of BOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are owned 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.

Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than BOX. Gen Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BOX$1.07B4.29$129.03M$0.8040.04
Gen Digital$3.86B4.44$616M$0.9828.40

BOX received 735 more outperform votes than Gen Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BOXOutperform Votes
807
71.67%
Underperform Votes
319
28.33%
Gen DigitalOutperform Votes
72
65.45%
Underperform Votes
38
34.55%

Summary

Gen Digital beats BOX on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BOX vs. The Competition

MetricBOXPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.60B$25.30B$24.25B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.25%2.71%3.57%
P/E Ratio40.0496.89270.7441.22
Price / Sales4.2913.943,157.2017.59
Price / Cash37.7691.5833.6621.28
Price / Book-9.5612.857.755.32
Net Income$129.03M$446.45M$661.21M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.42%2.04%0.71%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-4.37%10.73%6.74%-3.74%
1 Year Performance23.57%26.36%22.24%12.06%

BOX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOX
BOX
4.7454 of 5 stars
$32.03
-0.1%
$35.89
+12.0%
+23.5%$4.60B$1.07B40.042,530Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
GEN
Gen Digital
3.8873 of 5 stars
$29.60
-0.9%
N/A+22.1%$18.24B$3.81B30.473,400Positive News
NTNX
Nutanix
4.5651 of 5 stars
$65.75
-0.5%
$79.00
+20.2%
+40.6%$17.62B$2.23B-188.467,150Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TWLO
Twilio
3.9008 of 5 stars
$111.28
-1.5%
$86.52
-22.2%
+44.0%$17.07B$4.15B-43.605,867Analyst Forecast
DT
Dynatrace
4.7746 of 5 stars
$54.90
+0.9%
$61.88
+12.7%
+1.1%$16.39B$1.56B98.934,700Options Volume
DUOL
Duolingo
3.4068 of 5 stars
$348.18
+3.0%
$352.40
+1.2%
+45.7%$15.31B$689.46M184.74600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
MBLY
Mobileye Global
3.1232 of 5 stars
$18.58
+6.1%
$23.24
+25.1%
-58.5%$15.07B$1.80B-5.163,700Analyst Forecast
OKTA
Okta
4.8102 of 5 stars
$84.15
+2.6%
$104.27
+23.9%
-2.3%$14.42B$2.26B0.005,908Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.3533 of 5 stars
$48.48
+2.9%
$58.43
+20.5%
-4.7%$14.09B$1.31B42.465,200
CYBR
CyberArk Software
2.3855 of 5 stars
$321.69
+2.7%
$334.56
+4.0%
+49.7%$14.02B$909.46M1,179.442,140Analyst Forecast
AUR
Aurora Innovation
1.3819 of 5 stars
$8.05
+15.5%
$5.70
-29.2%
+74.5%$13.83B$68M-15.571,800Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:BOX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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