DA Davidson Comments on BOX’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:BOX)

Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX) – Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for BOX in a report issued on Wednesday, March 5th. DA Davidson analyst L. Schreiner expects that the software maker will post earnings of ($0.11) per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $45.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for BOX’s current full-year earnings is $0.27 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for BOX’s FY2026 earnings at ($0.37) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($0.34) EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on BOX. StockNews.com cut shares of BOX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of BOX in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock. Citigroup boosted 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of BOX from $38.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of BOX from $34.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, BOX currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $36.60.

BOX Trading Down 0.7 %

BOX stock opened at $32.17 on Friday. BOX has a 12-month low of $24.63 and a 12-month high of $35.74. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $32.82 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $32.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.21, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.88.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BOX

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of BOX by 10.8% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,371,815 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $44,900,000 after acquiring an additional 134,175 shares during the last quarter. Versor Investments LP bought a new stake in shares of BOX in the 3rd quarter worth about $1,221,000. Townsquare Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of BOX in the 3rd quarter worth about $2,021,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. bought a new stake in shares of BOX in the 4th quarter worth about $981,000. Finally, Petrus Trust Company LTA bought a new stake in shares of BOX in the 3rd quarter worth about $615,000. Institutional investors 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 stock in a transaction on Friday, January 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.05, for a total transaction of $403,650.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 1,466,684 shares in the company, valued at $45,540,538.20. This trade represents a 0.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, VP Eli Berkovitch sold 4,792 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.46, for a total transaction of $155,548.32. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 140,172 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,549,983.12. This trade represents a 3.31 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 89,041 shares of company stock worth $2,889,758 over the last 90 days. 4.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

BOX announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, March 4th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the software maker to buy up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

BOX Company Profile

Box, Inc engages in the provision of an enterprise content platform that enables organizations to securely manage enterprise content while allowing easy, secure access and sharing of this content from anywhere, on any device. Its products include cloud content management, IT and admin controls, Box Governance, Box Zones, Box Relay, Box Shuttle, and Box KeySafe.