William Blair Weighs in on BOX's FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:BOX)

Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair boosted their FY2025 earnings estimates for BOX in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 4th. William Blair analyst J. Ader now forecasts that the software maker will post earnings of $0.23 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.17. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for BOX's current full-year earnings is $0.27 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for BOX's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.04 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.24 EPS.

BOX has been the topic of several other research reports. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "underperform" rating and issued a $21.00 price target on shares of BOX in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of BOX from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday. Monness Crespi & Hardt upgraded BOX to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, August 16th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of BOX from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on shares of BOX from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, BOX currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $34.00.

BOX Stock Performance

BOX traded up $0.08 on Monday, hitting $32.58. 2,229,390 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,009,498. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.67 billion, a PE ratio of 40.63 and a beta of 0.86. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $29.96. BOX has a 12 month low of $23.81 and a 12 month high of $35.74.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On BOX

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in BOX by 8.2% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 21,823 shares of the software maker's stock worth $712,000 after purchasing an additional 1,646 shares during the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of BOX by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 35,352 shares of the software maker's stock worth $1,212,000 after buying an additional 6,965 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of BOX by 13.1% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 14,546 shares of the software maker's stock worth $476,000 after buying an additional 1,690 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in BOX by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,249,823 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $106,387,000 after acquiring an additional 13,028 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC purchased a new position in BOX during the 3rd quarter valued at about $266,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.74% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at BOX

In other BOX news, CFO Dylan C. Smith sold 13,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.89, for a total value of $427,570.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 1,500,661 shares of the company's stock, valued at $49,356,740.29. This trade represents a 0.86 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Jack R. Lazar sold 2,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.75, for a total transaction of $86,875.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 26,697 shares in the company, valued at $927,720.75. The trade was a 8.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 51,500 shares of company stock valued at $1,711,135. Corporate insiders own 4.10% of the company's stock.

About BOX

Box, Inc provides a cloud content management platform that enables organizations of various sizes to manage and share their content from anywhere on any device. The company's Software-as-a-Service platform enables users to work with their content as they need from secure external collaboration and sharing, workspaces and portals, e-signature processes, and content workflows improving employee productivity and accelerating business processes.