Reviewing BOX (NYSE:BOX) & Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR)

BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BOX and Gorilla Technology Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BOX	$1.09 billion	4.00	$129.03 million	$1.35	22.48
Gorilla Technology Group	$78.94 million	5.88	$13.50 million	N/A	N/A

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Gorilla Technology Group.

Profitability

This table compares BOX and Gorilla Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BOX	13.96%	-17.20%	6.15%
Gorilla Technology Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

BOX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Gorilla Technology Group has a beta of -0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for BOX and Gorilla Technology Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BOX	1	2	8	0	2.64
Gorilla Technology Group	0	0	1	0	3.00

BOX currently has a consensus price target of $37.11, indicating a potential upside of 22.30%. Gorilla Technology Group has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 28.43%. Given BOX’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BOX is more favorable than Gorilla Technology Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.7% of BOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of BOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Gorilla Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BOX beats Gorilla Technology Group on 8 of the 12 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 Gorilla Technology Group

Gorilla Technology Group Inc. provides video intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) security, and edge content management hardware, software, and services in the Asia Pacific region. The company operates through three segments: Video IoT, Security Convergence, and Other segments. It offers intelligent video analytics AI models for various verticals, such as behavioral analytics, people/face recognition, vehicle analysis, object recognition, and business intelligence that can scan video for patterns and distinguish specific items using AI algorithms and metadata. The company also provides information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) security convergence AI algorithms for system administrators and security engineers to detect suspicious behaviors in real time; network anomaly detection AI models; and endpoint malware and suspicious behavior detection AI models. In addition, it offers intelligent video analytics (IVA) appliances to analyze and turn unstructured video and picture data into structured data; IVAR appliance that provides insight into business and operations in a statistic dashboard; smart attendance to track employee health and safety, work hours, clock-ins/outs, and absenteeism, as well as to protect company assets and intellectual properties; event and video management system appliances to store event/object attributes in temporal-spatial big data database from Gorilla; and operation technology security appliance to monitor and control physical devices, processes, and infrastructure, as well as to protect industrial systems and networks from various threats. Further, the company provides smart retail SaaS for shopper demographics, visualized shopper behavior, and advanced data analytics, smart city and transportation SaaS for traffic management, public safety, and planning data; and endpoint security SaaS that protects endpoints against security threats. Gorilla Technology Group Inc. is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.