Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) versus Chineseinvestors.Com (OTCMKTS:CIIX) Financial Survey

Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and Chineseinvestors.Com (OTCMKTS:CIIX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Dropbox and Chineseinvestors.Com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dropbox	19.17%	-61.31%	19.38%
Chineseinvestors.Com	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.8% of Dropbox shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of Dropbox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Dropbox and Chineseinvestors.Com, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dropbox	1	2	0	0	1.67
Chineseinvestors.Com	0	0	0	0	0.00

Dropbox presently has a consensus price target of $29.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.65%. Given Chineseinvestors.Com’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chineseinvestors.Com is more favorable than Dropbox.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dropbox and Chineseinvestors.Com”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dropbox	$2.53 billion	3.28	$452.30 million	$1.64	18.77
Chineseinvestors.Com	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than Chineseinvestors.Com.

Summary

Dropbox beats Chineseinvestors.Com on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dropbox

Dropbox, Inc. provides a content collaboration platform worldwide. The company's platform allows individuals, families, teams, and organizations to collaborate and sign up for free through its website or app, as well as upgrade to a paid subscription plan for premium features. It serves customers in professional services, technology, media, education, industrial, consumer and retail, and financial services industries. The company was formerly known as Evenflow, Inc. and changed its name to Dropbox, Inc. in October 2009. Dropbox, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Chineseinvestors.Com

Chineseinvestors.com, Inc. engages in the provision of Chinese language web-based real-time financial information. Its services include real-time market commentary, analysis, and educational-related services in Chinese language character sets, support services, consultancy services to smaller private companies considering becoming a public company, and advertising and public relation-related support services. The company was founded by Wei Wang on January 6, 1997 and is headquartered in San Gabriel, CA.