Box vs Duolingo
BOX and DUOL side by side, both in computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BOX and DUOL compare
Box and Duolingo are about the same size, with market caps of $6.0B and $6.2B.
On earnings, Duolingo is cheaper: it trades at 15.7× trailing earnings, against 63.0× for Box.
Duolingo grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (29.4% versus 9.6% for Box).
Duolingo keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 35.9% compared with 10.6% at Box.
Duolingo scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 10 for Box), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BOX | DUOL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.0B | $6.2B |
| Share price | $43.45 | $131.59 |
| Change, 1 year | 37.2% | −51.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 62.6% | −14.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.77 | 1.32 |
| Employees | 2,912 | 720 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 63.0× | 15.7× (better) |
| P/S | 4.8× (better) | 5.4× |
| P/B | – | 4.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 40.8× | 28.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.3× | 15.1× (better) |
| PEG | 0.56 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | 6.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $27.13 | $228.92 |
| Margin of safety | −60.2% | 42.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 29.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.8% | 45.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −42.8% | 251% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −44.4% | 247% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 79.5% (better) | 72.7% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 13.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 35.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 31.5% | 35.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 34.4% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 138% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | 11.5× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 2.72 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.22 | 7.18 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 6.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 6.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 85.3% |
| Held by insiders | 3.9% | 16.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.4M (better) | −$30.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 18.2% |
Go deeper
- BOX stock overview
- BOX income statement
- BOX valuation and score
- DUOL stock overview
- DUOL income statement
- DUOL valuation and score
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