Scientific Learning (OTCMKTS:SCIL – Get Rating) and Boxlight (NASDAQ:BOXL – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Scientific Learning and Boxlight’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Scientific Learning | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Boxlight | $221.78 million | 0.13 | -$3.74 million | ($0.07) | -5.46 |
Scientific Learning has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boxlight.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Scientific Learning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Boxlight | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Boxlight has a consensus price target of $2.25, indicating a potential upside of 488.39%. Given Boxlight’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boxlight is more favorable than Scientific Learning.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
16.4% of Boxlight shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of Scientific Learning shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Boxlight shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Scientific Learning and Boxlight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Scientific Learning | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Boxlight | -1.82% | -11.99% | -2.84% |
About Scientific Learning
Scientific Learning Corporation, an education company, develops, distributes, and licenses technology that accelerates learning by enhancing the processing efficiency of the brain. Its flagship Fast ForWord, a Web-based product, comprises Fast ForWord Language for elementary learners and Fast ForWord Literacy for adolescent learners that build foundational reading and language skills to help districts move below grade level learners to learn in the general classroom, and Fast ForWord Reading, which builds learning capacity through developing cognitive skills using exercises focusing on phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, spelling, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. The company also provides Reading Assistant that offers a one-on-one reading tutor for learners; ResultsNow!, an online hosting and support solution for its Fast ForWord and Reading Assistant products; and BrainPro services targeted at learners who are below grade level. In addition, it offers on-site product training, technical installation, implementation management, consulting, and Web-based synchronous and asynchronous professional development services; and software technical update releases, as well as extensive telephone, email, and chat support services. The company offers learning solutions primarily to educational institutions, speech and language clinics, learning centers, and parents. Scientific Learning Corporation was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
About Boxlight
Boxlight Corp. is a technology company, which engages in developing, selling, and providing interactive classroom solutions for the global education market. It also designs, manufactures, and distributes interactive projectors, flat panel displays, touch projectors, touch boards, and MimioTeach through the Boxlight Group and Genesis brands. The company was founded by Herbert Myers and Sloan Myers in 1985 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.
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