Analyzing Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR)

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) are both small-cap 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, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Boxlight”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corsair Gaming	$1.47 billion	0.92	-$12.47 million	$0.30	41.52
Boxlight	$109.25 million	0.04	-$23.81 million	($80.86)	-0.08

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

Profitability

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Boxlight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corsair Gaming	2.36%	13.10%	6.88%
Boxlight	-20.96%	N/A	-23.50%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Corsair Gaming and Boxlight, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corsair Gaming	1	3	4	1	2.56
Boxlight	1	0	0	0	1.00

Corsair Gaming currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given Corsair Gaming’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Boxlight.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Boxlight shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Boxlight shares are owned by company 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

Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boxlight has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Boxlight on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.

About Boxlight

Boxlight Corporation designs, produces, and distributes interactive technology solutions for the education, health, corporate, military, and government sectors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company provides interactive and non-interactive flat panel displays and whiteboards, LED video walls, digital signages, classroom audio and campus communication, cameras and other peripherals, and media players; and accessory document cameras, teacher pads for remote control, assessment systems, and front-of-class display products under the Mimio and Clevertouch brands. It also offers MimioStudio Interactive Instructional software that enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; MimioMobile, a software accessory for MimioStudio; Oktopus Instructional and Whiteboarding software, which enables the creation, editing, and presentation of interactive instructional lessons and activities; Notes+, a software accessory; GameZones, a multi-student interactive gaming software; MimioConnect, an online student engagement platform; and LYNX, a lesson building app. In addition, the company provides Juno, a towering standard of sound quality that reinforces a teacher's voice; Mimio MyBot system for robotics learning; Robo3D printers; MyStemKits, which offers lesson plans for grades K-12 math and science teachers; MimioView document camera; EzRoom, an integrated AV solution; Lyrik, an amplification solution; and Conductor School Communication System, an IP-based campus-wide communication and control solution; and accessories, such as mobile carts, installation accessories, and wall-mount accessories for interactive LED flat-panels and audio solutions. Further, it offers classroom training, professional development, and educator certification services. The company was formerly known as Logical Choice Corporation. Boxlight Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.