Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL – Get Free Report) and XTEND AI Robotics (NYSE:XTND – Get Free Report) 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, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Boxlight and XTEND AI Robotics, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Boxlight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| XTEND AI Robotics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
XTEND AI Robotics has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 467.21%. Given XTEND AI Robotics’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XTEND AI Robotics is more favorable than Boxlight.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Boxlight and XTEND AI Robotics”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Boxlight | $109.25 million | 0.02 | -$23.81 million | ($80.86) | -0.03 |
| XTEND AI Robotics | $30.54 million | 1.17 | -$5.27 million | ($0.54) | -3.26 |
XTEND AI Robotics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boxlight. XTEND AI Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boxlight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
6.5% of Boxlight shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of Boxlight shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Boxlight and XTEND AI Robotics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Boxlight | -20.96% | N/A | -23.50% |
| XTEND AI Robotics | -25.19% | -28.42% | -25.03% |
Risk & Volatility
Boxlight has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XTEND AI Robotics has a beta of 3.66, suggesting that its share price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
XTEND AI Robotics beats Boxlight on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About XTEND AI Robotics
XTEND AI Robotics, Inc. designs and develops artificial intelligence-powered robotics and autonomous systems for defense, homeland security, and commercial security applications.
The company’s core platform, XOS (XTEND Operating System), functions as a hardware-agnostic, AI-native mission execution operating system that connects autonomous platforms, AI applications, payloads, sensors, and third-party developers into a unified ecosystem.
XOS provides AI Pilots software that learns skills and automates missions, a command-and-control interface for remote operation of multi-domain air and ground robotic systems, edge autonomy capabilities for GNSS-denied and confined-space environments, and an interoperability framework for integrating proprietary and third-party platforms, sensors, and payloads.
The company also manufactures and sells aerial drones, ground robots, robotic subsystems, and related hardware components.
Additionally, it operates a Marketplace that connects autonomous platforms, AI applications, payloads, sensors, and technology partners through XOS, along with an XTEND Certified program for partner products and technologies.
The company provides system integration and customization services, including platform and software configuration for specific mission requirements, third-party sensor and payload integration, interoperability with customer systems, and operator and instructor training.
It operates a global distributed manufacturing network known as XFAB, with production and operations in Israel, the United States, Latvia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.
The company serves military end users, government agencies, defense prime contractors, law enforcement, homeland security organizations, and commercial security customers through firm fixed-price contracts, government-to-government procurement, defense prime partnerships, and direct sales and reseller channels.
XTEND AI Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Tampa, Florida.
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