BOX (BOX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also offers web, mobile, and desktop applications for cloud content management on a platform for developing custom applications. The company had approximately 100,000 paying organizations, and its solution was offered in 25 languages. It serves financial services, health care, government, and legal services industries in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Box.net, Inc. and changed its name to Box, Inc. in November 2011. Box, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $32.72 to $33.27
• 50-Day Range: $31.67 to $34.67
• 52-Week Range: $23.29 to $35.07
• Volume: 1.36 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.98 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.75 billion
• P/E Ratio: 42.00
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $31.22
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

BOX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BOX scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 203rd out of 648 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

BOX has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BOX has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 78.26%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BOX are expected to grow by 78.26% in the coming year, from $0.23 to $0.41 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BOX is 42.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BOX is 42.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 269.47.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.13% of the float of BOX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BOX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BOX has recently increased by 10.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

BOX does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

BOX does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BOX is 151.90%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, BOX will have a dividend payout ratio of 292.68% in the coming year. This indicates that BOX may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.44

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.13% of the float of BOX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BOX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BOX has recently increased by 10.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.80

News Sentiment

BOX has a news sentiment score of 0.80. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for BOX this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for BOX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -18% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added BOX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BOX insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,939,895.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.10% of the stock of BOX is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.74% of the stock of BOX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

BOX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BOX shares performed this year?

BOX's stock was trading at $25.61 at the start of the year. Since then, BOX stock has increased by 29.6% and is now trading at $33.18.
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How were BOX's earnings last quarter?

Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 27th. The software maker reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.04. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Does BOX have any subsidiaries?

BOX subsidiaries include these companies: cloud fastpath, SignRequest, Butter.ai, Progressly, Wagon, Verold, Subspace-Inc, and more.

When did BOX IPO?

BOX (BOX) raised $150 million in an initial public offering on Friday, January 23rd 2015. The company issued 12,500,000 shares at a price of $11.00-$13.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan and BMO Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO and Canaccord Genuity, Pacific Crest Securities, Raymond James and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

Who are BOX's major shareholders?

BOX's top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.93%), RGM Capital LLC (3.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.27%) and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.69%). Insiders that own company stock include Aaron Levie, Dylan C Smith, Eli Berkovitch, Dana L Evan, Bethany Mayer, Daniel J Levin and Jack R Lazar.
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How do I buy shares of BOX?

Shares of BOX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of BOX own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BOX investors own include Humana (HUM), NVIDIA (NVDA), American Water Works (AWK), Enovix (ENVX), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and Rambus (RMBS).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/27/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 12/03/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BOX
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1372612
• Web: www.box.com
• Phone: (877) 729-4269
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,530
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $31.22
• High Stock Price Target: $35.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 42.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 144.26
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $129.03 million
• Net Margins: 13.94%
• Pretax Margin: 8.08%
• Return on Equity: -14.41%
• Return on Assets: 5.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.25
• Quick Ratio: 1.25

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.49
• Cash Flow: $0.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 39.24
• Book Value: ($2.99) per share
• Price / Book: -11.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 143,228,000
• Free Float: 137,356,000
• Market Cap: $4.75 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85