Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Braze, Inc. BRZE
$25.42 -0.90% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.86B
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Dec 8, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $834.2M, up 27.4% from a year earlier.
- Operating margin widened to -13.4% from -20.3% a year earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $70.4M (cash above total debt).
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)Top 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginTop 31%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 40%
- 6-month returnBottom 34%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 40%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 27%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 27.0% | 27.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.8% | 66.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -20.3% | -13.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.5% | 10.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 27.4% | 27.0% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Gross margin | 66.3% | 68.8% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Operating margin | -13.4% | -20.3% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | -13.6% | -16.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.0% | 4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -15.8% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 27.6% | — | Top 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -18.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 17.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.03%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -3.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $37.27
- Target vs current price
- +46.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 96%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | +22.5% | -5.2% | -19.9% | — | — |
| May 27, 2026 | -3.9% | -3.4% | +0.9% | -23.5% | +20.7% |
| Mar 24, 2026 | -28.6% | -4.8% | +24.2% | +25.3% | +6.6% |
| Dec 9, 2025 | -3.6% | +2.1% | +10.3% | +6.5% | -32.9% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | +400.0% | +2.5% | +11.4% | +3.9% | +4.9% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | +52.6% | -1.4% | -22.3% | -21.4% | -24.3% |
| Mar 27, 2025 | +140.0% | -1.7% | -2.8% | -18.8% | -30.4% |
| Dec 9, 2024 | +441.9% | +0.8% | +0.4% | +7.6% | -18.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.16 | +22.5% | $227.2M |
| May 27, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.10 | -3.9% | $211.0M |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.14 | -28.6% | $205.2M |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.06 | -3.6% | $190.8M |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.03 | +400.0% | $180.1M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.05 | +52.6% | $162.1M |
| Mar 27, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.05 | +140.0% | $160.4M |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $0.02 | -$0.01 | +441.9% | $152.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 39.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 3.35× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.92% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | -4.05% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.7%
- RSI (14)
- 46.5
- Relative volume
- 0.52×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 82.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 85th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.10
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -73.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2021 | Feb 23, 2026 | -83.2% | 1066 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.86B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $834.2M
- 52-week range
- $15.26 – $37.33
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $238.0M | $355.4M | $471.8M | $593.4M | $738.2M |
| Gross profit | $159.5M | $239.6M | $324.3M | $410.2M | $495.7M |
| Operating income | -$78.2M | -$148.1M | -$144.7M | -$122.2M | -$144.8M |
| Net income | -$76.7M | -$139.0M | -$129.2M | -$103.7M | -$131.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.83 | -$1.47 | -$1.32 | -$1.02 | -$1.22 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $152.1M | $160.4M | $162.1M | $180.1M | $190.8M | $205.2M | $211.0M | $227.2M |
| Net income | -$27.9M | -$17.2M | -$35.8M | -$27.9M | -$36.0M | -$31.6M | -$26.6M | -$18.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.27 | -$0.17 | -$0.34 | -$0.26 | -$0.33 | -$0.29 | -$0.24 | -$0.17 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$35.4M | -$22.3M | $6.8M | $36.7M | $71.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.4M | -$16.7M | -$9.8M | -$13.2M | -$9.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$39.8M | -$39.0M | -$2.9M | $23.4M | $61.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $462.3M | $11.3M | $13.1M | $11.7M | $23.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $409.9M
- Total assets
- $1.13B
- Total liabilities
- $529.1M
- Total debt
- $96.4M
- Net debt
- -$70.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $600.2M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,159,723
- Days to cover
- 2.32
- Change vs previous report
- -16.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.