Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF – Get Free Report) and BOX (NYSE:BOX – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Bitfarms and BOX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bitfarms | -48.26% | -4.48% | -3.71% |
| BOX | 10.59% | -20.97% | 4.47% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Bitfarms and BOX, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bitfarms | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| BOX | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
Bitfarms currently has a consensus target price of $3.90, indicating a potential upside of 78.08%. BOX has a consensus target price of $37.80, indicating a potential downside of 14.43%. Given Bitfarms’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than BOX.
Risk & Volatility
Bitfarms has a beta of 3.77, suggesting that its stock price is 277% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOX has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of BOX shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of BOX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Bitfarms and BOX”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bitfarms | $229.28 million | 5.76 | -$138.65 million | ($0.23) | -9.52 |
| BOX | $1.18 billion | 5.15 | $115.38 million | $0.69 | 64.02 |
BOX has higher revenue and earnings than Bitfarms. Bitfarms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BOX beats Bitfarms on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bitfarms
Bitfarms Ltd. engages in the mining of cryptocurrency coins and tokens in Canada, the United States, Paraguay, and Argentina. It owns and operates server farms that primarily validates transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and earning cryptocurrency from block rewards and transaction fees. The company also provides electrician services to commercial and residential customers in Quebec, Canada. It also undertakes hosting of third-party mining hardware. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
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.
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