Alarm.com (ALRM) Competitors

BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) 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 dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BOX or ALRM?

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Alarm.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BOX or ALRM?

In the previous week, Alarm.com had 28 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Alarm.com and 2 mentions for BOX. Alarm.com's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat BOX's score of -0.46 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BOX	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alarm.com	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	15 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BOX or ALRM?

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

Do analysts rate BOX or ALRM?

BOX presently has a consensus price target of $30.89, suggesting a potential upside of 16.80%. Alarm.com has a consensus price target of $68.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Alarm.com's higher probable upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is BOX or ALRM more profitable?

BOX has a net margin of 12.43% compared to BOX's net margin of 9.19%. BOX's return on equity of 11.61% 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	9.19%	11.61%	5.45%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	3.68	$129.03M	$0.67	39.47
Alarm.com	$881.68M	3.97	$81.04M	$1.53	45.62

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 67.21% 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 67.21%	Underperform Votes 202 32.79%

Summary

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