Head-To-Head Contrast: BOX (NYSE:BOX) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR)

Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) and BOX (NYSE:BOX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Rekor Systems and BOX”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rekor Systems	$46.03 million	4.27	-$61.41 million	($0.42)	-3.69
BOX	$1.09 billion	3.97	$244.62 million	$1.24	24.39

BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Rekor Systems and BOX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rekor Systems	-89.82%	-126.37%	-54.48%
BOX	19.79%	-20.65%	3.58%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. 13.1% of Rekor Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of BOX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Rekor Systems and BOX, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rekor Systems	1	0	1	0	2.00
BOX	1	3	5	0	2.44

BOX has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.66%. Given BOX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BOX is more favorable than Rekor Systems.

Summary

BOX beats Rekor Systems on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Rekor Systems

Rekor Systems, Inc., a technology company, provides infrastructure solutions for transportation, public safety, and urban mobility markets in the United States and internationally. The company's platforms include Rekor One, an AI-powered roadway intelligence platform; Rekor Command, a comprehensive cross-agency platform that offers various applications for traffic management centers, freeway service patrol, first responders, and maintenance crews; Rekor Discover, a platform that ingests data from its hardware and automates comprehensive analytics and actionable insights about the movement of objects across the roadway; and Rekor Scout platform, which automates previously manual processes with collaborative solutions that keep all stakeholders apprised of developing situations and accelerate reaction times to incidents and offenders. It also offers Rekor AutoNotice, a cloud-based financial management application that delivers a turnkey information and citation management solution for cities, states, and municipalities for primary and secondary offenses; and Rekor CarCheck, which allows its AI based vehicle and license plate recognition technology to be accessed for a range of commercial applications. In addition, the company offers Rekor Edge Max System, a fixed traffic data collection system that captures and transforms roadway data into holistic traffic insights; Rekor Edge Pro, a vehicle recognition solution that is used on a standalone basis or integrated into a network; and Rekor Edge Flex, a portable data collection system. Further, it provides traffic services, including traditional traffic studies, which delivers data and insights for planning and management of roadway infrastructure and commercial initiatives; innovative AI-driven traffic studies for traffic management; and traffic engineering services. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

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.