VTEX (NYSE:VTEX – Get Free Report) and BOX (NYSE:BOX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares VTEX and BOX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
VTEX | 1.51% | 1.36% | 0.97% |
BOX | 13.94% | -14.41% | 5.70% |
Volatility & Risk
VTEX has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares VTEX and BOX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
VTEX | $220.54 million | 5.65 | -$13.69 million | ($0.04) | -169.25 |
BOX | $1.06 billion | 4.36 | $129.03 million | $0.73 | 43.84 |
BOX has higher revenue and earnings than VTEX. VTEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for VTEX and BOX, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
VTEX | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
BOX | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.60 |
VTEX currently has a consensus target price of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 53.62%. BOX has a consensus target price of $31.22, indicating a potential downside of 2.43%. Given VTEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VTEX is more favorable than BOX.
Summary
BOX beats VTEX on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About VTEX
VTEX provides software-as-a-service digital commerce platform for enterprise brands and retailers. Its platform enables customers to execute their commerce strategy, including building online stores, integrating, and managing orders across channels, and creating marketplaces to sell products from third-party vendors. It has operations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. VTEX was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
About BOX
Box, Inc. provides a cloud content management platform that enables organizations of various sizes to manage and share their content from anywhere on any device. The company's Software-as-a-Service platform enables users to work with their content as they need from secure external collaboration and sharing, workspaces and portals, e-signature processes, and content workflows improving employee productivity and accelerating business processes. It also offers web, mobile, and desktop applications for cloud content management on a platform for developing custom applications. The company had approximately 100,000 paying organizations, and its solution was offered in 25 languages. It serves financial services, health care, government, and legal services industries in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Box.net, Inc. and changed its name to Box, Inc. in November 2011. Box, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
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