BOX vs. CWAN, TDC, ACIW, BL, BLKB, FROG, ASAN, NCNO, SVFCX, and WK
Should you be buying BOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BOX include Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Teradata (TDC), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BlackLine (BL), Blackbaud (BLKB), JFrog (FROG), Asana (ASAN), nCino (NCNO), Smead Value C (SVFCX), and Workiva (WK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Clearwater Analytics had 25 more articles in the media than BOX. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Clearwater Analytics and 2 mentions for BOX. BOX's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.53 indicating that BOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Analytics. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BOX has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of -3.90%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 1.25% beat BOX's return on equity.
BOX has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BOX currently has a consensus price target of $30.89, suggesting a potential upside of 16.39%. Clearwater Analytics has a consensus price target of $21.70, suggesting a potential upside of 23.65%. Given Clearwater Analytics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clearwater Analytics is more favorable than BOX.
86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of BOX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BOX received 765 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave BOX an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
Summary
BOX beats Clearwater Analytics on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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