BOX (NYSE:BOX – Get Free Report) and Xperi (NYSE:XPER – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Xperi shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Xperi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares BOX and Xperi’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BOX | 10.59% | -20.97% | 4.47% |
| Xperi | -7.12% | 4.04% | 2.72% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BOX | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Xperi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
BOX presently has a consensus price target of $37.80, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Xperi has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 117.61%. Given Xperi’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Xperi is more favorable than BOX.
Risk and Volatility
BOX has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xperi has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BOX and Xperi”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BOX | $1.18 billion | 4.37 | $115.38 million | $0.69 | 54.32 |
| Xperi | $456.84 million | 0.54 | -$56.34 million | ($0.70) | -7.22 |
BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Xperi. Xperi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BOX beats Xperi on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BOX
Box, Inc. engages in the provision of an enterprise content platform that enables organizations to securely manage enterprise content while allowing easy, secure access and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. Its products include cloud content management, IT and admin controls, Box Governance, Box Zones, Box Relay, Box Shuttle, and Box KeySafe. The company was founded by Aaron Levie, Dylan Smith, Jeff Queisser, and Sam Ghods in March 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.
About Xperi
Xperi Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer and entertainment product/solutions licensing company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Product, and Intellectual Property Licensing. The company invents, develops, and delivers various technologies. It licenses audio, digital radio, imaging, edge-based machine learning, and multi-channel video user experience solutions to consumer electronics customers, automotive manufacturers, or supply chain partners. The company also provides licensing to multichannel video programming distributors, OTT video service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, social media, and other new media companies in media industry; and memory, sensors, RF component, and foundry companies in semiconductor industry. It provides its technologies under the DTS, HD Radio, IMAX Enhanced, Invensas, TiVo, and Perceive brands. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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