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Box, Inc. BOX
$34.49 -0.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.78B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Dec 1, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.70, down 44.0% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 7.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 65 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 12%
- Gross marginTop 11%
- Operating marginTop 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 22%
- Interest coverTop 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 48%
- 6-month returnTop 34%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 44%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.5% | 9.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -49.6% | -44.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 79.0% | 79.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 9.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 29.7% | 30.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.6% | 9.5% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -44.0% | -49.6% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Gross margin | 79.5% | 79.0% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 6.1% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 20.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 30.8% | 29.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.9% | — | Top 12% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.9% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -19.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 9.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.65×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.24%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.95%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -7.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 26, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $37.25
- Target vs current price
- +8.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 61%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | +0.5% | -1.4% | +6.9% | -1.8% | — |
| May 26, 2026 | +2.1% | -1.1% | +11.2% | -3.6% | +27.9% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | +48.5% | +1.4% | +7.9% | -1.1% | +4.6% |
| Dec 2, 2025 | -2.2% | +2.8% | +6.4% | +3.6% | -19.8% |
| Aug 26, 2025 | +6.5% | -0.8% | +2.5% | +3.0% | -5.7% |
| May 27, 2025 | +16.0% | +1.2% | +22.6% | +11.1% | +1.4% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | -1.9% | -5.8% | +12.5% |
| Dec 3, 2024 | +7.1% | -2.0% | -7.3% | -10.0% | -6.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | +0.5% | $321.1M |
| May 26, 2026 | $0.37 | $0.36 | +2.1% | $305.9M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.49 | $0.33 | +48.5% | $305.9M |
| Dec 2, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.32 | -2.2% | $301.1M |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.31 | +6.5% | $294.0M |
| May 27, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.26 | +16.0% | $276.3M |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.41 | +2.4% | $279.5M |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.42 | +7.1% | $275.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 49.5× | 38.0× | 73th | Top 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.6× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 3.65× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.94% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | 2.02% | — | — | Top 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 23.2× – 326.7× since Jan 31, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +7.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -44.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +83.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 65
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +24.5%
- RSI (14)
- 57.1
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 71th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.61
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -4.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2025 | Apr 10, 2026 | -44.6% | 213 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -31.6% | 183 days | 273 days (Nov 25, 2024) |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 | -29.9% | 41 days | 157 days (Feb 1, 2023) |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -20.3% | 90 days | 34 days (May 28, 2025) |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Sep 20, 2021 | -16.2% | 54 days | 68 days (Dec 27, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.78B
- P/E (TTM)
- 49.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.70
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.23B
- 52-week range
- $21.34 – $36.34
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $874.3M | $990.9M | $1.04B | $1.09B | $1.18B |
| Gross profit | $624.8M | $738.3M | $777.1M | $862.0M | $932.6M |
| Operating income | -$27.6M | $36.8M | $50.8M | $79.6M | $83.2M |
| Net income | -$41.5M | $26.8M | $129.0M | $244.6M | $101.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.27 | $0.18 | $0.67 | $1.36 | $0.59 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $275.9M | $279.5M | $276.3M | $294.0M | $301.1M | $305.9M | $305.9M | $321.1M |
| Net income | $12.9M | $194.0M | $8.2M | $13.4M | $11.2M | $68.5M | $17.7M | $19.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | $1.12 | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.05 | $0.47 | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $234.8M | $298.0M | $318.7M | $332.3M | $356.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.7M | -$4.4M | -$1.8M | -$2.6M | -$6.1M |
| Free cash flow | $230.1M | $293.5M | $316.9M | $329.7M | $350.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$9.6M | -$15.1M | -$14.9M | -$15.0M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$51.1M | -$242.1M | -$148.9M | -$166.1M | -$261.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $444.1M
- Total assets
- $1.40B
- Total liabilities
- $1.26B
- Total debt
- $73.1M
- Net debt
- -$269.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $146.3M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 26, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2012 | $0.30 | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Sep 5, 2012 | $0.29 | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Jun 5, 2012 | $0.28 | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Mar 9, 2012 | $0.26 | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Dec 6, 2011 | $0.24 | Dec 15, 2011 |
| Oct 5, 2011 | $0.24 | Oct 14, 2011 |
| Jul 6, 2011 | $0.22 | Jul 15, 2011 |
| Apr 6, 2011 | $0.22 | Apr 15, 2011 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 16,735,884
- Days to cover
- 7.00
- Change vs previous report
- -1.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.