Head-To-Head Survey: Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) vs. Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH)

Turtle Beach (NASDAQ:TBCH) and Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Turtle Beach and Boxlight”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turtle Beach	$319.91 million	0.78	$15.73 million	($0.21)	-66.62
Boxlight	$109.25 million	0.04	-$23.81 million	($80.86)	-0.06

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

Profitability

This table compares Turtle Beach and Boxlight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turtle Beach	-1.07%	-2.26%	-1.00%
Boxlight	-20.96%	N/A	-23.50%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.0% of Turtle Beach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.5% of Boxlight shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Turtle Beach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Boxlight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Turtle Beach has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boxlight has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Turtle Beach and Boxlight, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turtle Beach	2	1	4	0	2.29
Boxlight	1	0	0	0	1.00

Turtle Beach presently has a consensus target price of $16.80, suggesting a potential upside of 20.09%. Given Turtle Beach’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Turtle Beach is more favorable than Boxlight.

Summary

Turtle Beach beats Boxlight on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach Corporation operates as an audio technology company. It develops, commercializes, and markets gaming headset solutions for various platforms, including video game and entertainment consoles, personal computers, handheld consoles, tablets, and mobile devices under the Turtle Beach brand. The company also offers gaming headsets, keyboards, mice, mousepads, and other accessories for the personal computer peripherals market under the brand of ROCCAT, as well as digital USB and analog microphones under the Neat Microphones brand. It serves retailers, distributors, and other customers in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in White Plains, New York.

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.